(Source: Col. Robert McCormick: Chicago Press Baron, A&E Television Networks)
Outcome of the Trial
McCormick never did pay the six cents, claiming still that he had done nothing wrong and inviting Ford to sue again. Ford never did.
(Source: Col. Robert McCormick: Chicago Press Baron, A&E Television Networks)
WHAT PRINCIPLE DID FORD VS THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE ESTABLISH?
Ford vs. The Chicago Tribune established that a newspaper possessed the right to publish opinions- even if they were slanderous and offensive- and maintain protection from libel.
(Mt. Vernon Signal, of Mt. Vernon, KY, Friday, Aug 22, 1919)