A newspaper ran an article that says a congressman has accepted a number of payments from an oil company. The article claims that the payments were illegal and that the congressman has committed a crime by receiving the payments. It turns out that the reporter made a mistake in reading a financial report, and the payments were, in fact, legal. The congressman sues the newspaper for libel. The newspaper acknowledges that it made a mistake, apologizes, and then defends itself using the legal principles established by which of the following cases?
A. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
B. Near v. Minnesota
C. Gertz v. Welch
D. Miller v. California
A. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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