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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