IT WAS A SUBSIDY TO THE CHATTERING CLASSES, AT THE EXPENSE OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE: The New York Times looks back on New York Times v. Sullivan. And trust in the news media began declining almost immediately. I mean, as a blogger I’m happy to benefit, but it’s not so clear that society does. I wrote about this in The Judiciary’s Class War.

Related (From Ed): New York Times v. Sullivan: Fifty Years of a Press Free from Responsibility.