There's irony in the scandal sweeping Rupert Murdoch's empire, the New Republic notes: "It's especially curious when you consider that U.S. newspapers enjoy sweeping First Amendment freedoms, while the British press has to operate under some of the strictest defamation and libel laws on the planet," Bradford Plumer writes. "Is it possible that Britain's stricter press laws actually encourage bad behavior?" His essay includes an entertaining list of past transgressions.
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