What is the test for defamation in a public forum?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Schelske v. TMZ Prods., Inc., B262173 (Cal. App. 2016):
Certainly, the alleged defamation occurred in a public forum, namely a "widely disseminated television broadcast." (Metabolife Int'l v. Wornick (S.D.Cal. 1999) 72 F.Supp.2d 1160, 1165, affd. in part and revd. in part on other grounds in Metabolife Int'l v. Wornick (9th Cir. 2001) 264 F.3d 832.)
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