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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