Word: overreach
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...this case, though, have less to do with legal hairsplitting than with basic sentiments about the value of free expression and the press. A belief in the virtue of an unshackled and vigorous press means recognizing that the leeway demanded by free debate will sometimes allow writers to overreach their knowledge, or even to trample the truth. However, if one believes that uninhibited speech is dangerous or that the press too frequently serves up sensationalistic trash, one takes the opposite view...