public libel

基本解释

It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.
公衆人物想打贏誹謗官司可能會很難。
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.
反過來，也爲報業提供了一個更爲強大的公益保護，既彌補了英國誹謗法的不足，還能真正促進調查性報道和競選報道的發展。
But China's official Xinhua news agency said lewd content also includes "violence, libel, private and other information that violates standards of public decency."
但據中國官方——新華社稱，低俗內容還包括“暴力、誹謗、侵犯隱私以及其他有違公共道德標準的信息”。

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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