In the 1991 case of Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, the Supreme Court held that fabricated quotations attributed to a public figure were libelous only when the

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The Supreme Court held that fabricated quotations attributed to a public figure were libelous only when the fabricated quotations materially changed the meaning of what was actually said. This means that if the words attributed to the public figure were substantially different from what they actually said, and that difference had an effect on the meaning of the story, then it could be considered libelous.

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