In an article about a prominent judge,a newspaper indicates the possibility that the judge had organized crime connections.The judge sues.The judge will have a cause of action:
A) if the suit is for defamation and the newspaper responsibly checked its sources.
B) if the suit is a suit for intrusion.
C) whether or not the newspaper checked its sources as long as the information printed is ultimately found to be untrue.
D) if the information is untrue and the newspaper did not check its sources.

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If the information is untrue and the newspaper did not check its sources, the judge would have a cause of action for defamation. The fact that the newspaper indicated that there was a possibility of organized crime connections implies that there was no basis for such a connection, and therefore the information would be considered untrue. It is important in a defamation case that the information is not only untrue, but that the publisher knew or should have known that the information was untrue.

In an Article About a Prominent Judge,a Newspaper Indicates the Possibility