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BERBER v. GILLETT COMM. OF ATLANTA

Nos. A96A1077, A96A1078.

479 S.E.2d 152 (1996)

223 Ga. App. 827

BARBER v. GILLETT COMMUNICATIONS OF ATLANTA, INC. GILLETT COMMUNICATIONS OF ATLANTA, INC. v. BARBER.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

December 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayer & Beal, Randolph A. Mayer, Elizabeth B. Thompson, Atlanta, Cook & Connelly, Bobby Lee Cook, Summerville, for appellant.

Alston & Bird, Judson Graves, Daniel A. Kent, Cynthia L. Counts, Atlanta, for appellee.

BEASLEY, Chief Judge.

Barber sued Gillett Communications, d/b/a WAGA-TV, for defamation claiming that the television station prepared and broadcast a report which implied Barber had committed a crime. The report primarily concerned the comments of an elected official, Billy McKinney, as they concerned the criminal mistrial of Frank Redding, another elected official. McKinney believed Redding and other elected officials were the object of racially motivated selective...

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