Goldwater v. Ginzburg
Goldwater v. Ginzburg was a 1969 court ruling on defamation.[1]
History
Fact magazine was edited by Ralph Ginzburg and Warren Boroson. The magazine was sued by Barry Goldwater over a 1964 article entitled "The Unconscious of a Conservative: A special Issue on the Mind of Barry Goldwater."[1] The magazine polled psychiatrists and asked if Goldwater was psychologically fit to serve as president.[2] A federal jury awarded Goldwater $1 in compensatory damages and $75,000 in punitive damages, to punish Ginzburg and the magazine for being reckless. The American Psychiatric Association then issued the Goldwater rule reaffirming medical privacy and forbidding commenting on a patient that any individual psychiatrist has not personally examined.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Richard A. Friedman (May 23, 2011). "How a Telescopic Lens Muddles Psychiatric Insights". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ↑ "LBJ Fit to Serve". Associated Press. May 23, 1968. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
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