public libel

基本解释

It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.
公众人物想打赢诽谤官司可能会很难。
In return, the press should be offered a much stronger public-interest defence, fixing a big defect in English libel law and boosting genuinely investigative and campaigning reporting.
反过来，也为报业提供了一个更为强大的公益保护，既弥补了英国诽谤法的不足，还能真正促进调查性报道和竞选报道的发展。
But China's official Xinhua news agency said lewd content also includes "violence, libel, private and other information that violates standards of public decency."
但据中国官方——新华社称，低俗内容还包括“暴力、诽谤、侵犯隐私以及其他有违公共道德标准的信息”。

English law defined seditious libel as criticizing the government in such a way as to reduce public confidence.

Pure connoisseurship was unlikely to be decisive in court, and unless Colnaghi successfully pressed charges against him, their public accusation of Hebborn would expose them to a libel suit.
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In recent years the British tabloids have gorged on his foibles: A public and messy divorce was followed by a colorful libel suit he filed against a former Italian manager (whom he had fired).
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