CBS Affiliate Dodges Defamation Suit Over Incorrect Mugshot

By Katie Buehler (September 28, 2021, 5:02 PM EDT) -- A Dallas appellate panel has dismissed a man's defamation lawsuit against a local CBS affiliate station for wrongly publishing his photo as the mugshot of an armed bank robber, holding that the station's report of the crime is protected under Texas' free speech laws even if it contained erroneous information....

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