Can newspaper clippings be used as evidence in a slander action?

In Mercado v. Hoefler (1961) 190 Cal.App.2d 12, 19, 11 Cal.Rptr. 787, 791, this court held that newspaper clippings can be admissible on the issue of damages in a slander action. 'The original utterer of slanderous remarks can be liable for the consequences of republications to third persons. [Citation.] The background of notoriety and publicity preceding the slanderous remarks certainly is indicative of the possibility of aggravated harm caused when such comments were made to a newspaper reporter; thus the clippings were material to the issue of damages. The relevancy of evidence is tested by whether it tends logically, naturally, and by reasonable inference to prove or disprove a material issue. [Citation.] A wide discretion is left to the trial judge in determining the relevancy and admissibility of evidence. [Citation.]'