Oprah v. Beef Part 1: The Rise of "Veggie Libel"
On April 16, 1996, Oprah Winfrey did a show about mad cow disease. Six weeks later, a couple of Texas cattlemen had a cow (sorry).
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Links!
- Original Lawsuit
- Appeal
- How Oprah Got Sued for Dissing a Burger
- Two Degrees of Speech Protection
- Texas Cattle Feeders v. Oprah Winfrey: The First Major Test of the “Veggie Libel Law”
- Having a Cow: Reactions To "Veggie Libel" Laws and the Oprah Trials
- Howard Lyman talk
- The Unconstitutionality Of Iowa's Proposed Agricultural Food Products Act And Similar Veggie Libel Laws
- How the Cows Turned Mad
- Food Safety Vs. Promotion Of Industry: Can The USDA Protect Americans From Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy?
- Apocalypse Cow
- GAO report
- A is for Apple, Alar, and ... Alarmist?
- Alar Five Years Later
- Auvil v. CBS 60 Minutes
- Alar and Apples: Newspaper Coverage of a Major Risk Issue.
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