TITLE	Supreme Court Decision 2012Da19734 Decided August 20, 2014¡¼Damages¡½ [full Text]
Summary
[1] Whether, by expressing critical opinion against a public figure in its opinion section, the press exceeds the limits of expression and commits a tort, and any limitations on the press¡¯ fundamental function of monitoring, criticizing, and checking public figures concerning its criticism of a National Assembly member¡¯s duty performance [2] In a case where the Plaintiff (a National Assembly member) made a statement at the National Assembly Women¡¯s Committee, which was responded by the Defendant (a newspaper company)¡¯s expression in its opinion title that the Plaintiff expressed ¡°rape-like verbal abuse¡± against the media and in the article¡¯s main text that ¡°the Plaintiff flung filth at the faces of journalists,¡± etc., the case holding that it is difficult to view that such expressions constitute a personal attack by using excessively insulting language, deviate from the limits of expression, in light of various circumstances such as the overall content and purpose of the opinion article

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