143: The Trials of Confidential Magazine: Dorothy Dandridge (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 17)
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The Assassination of a Hollywood Star
New york publisher harrison made sure that each article was based on a piece of film or a tape recording evidence, which was checked by his scheister lawyers before publication. With increasing success and no prosecution, he began to embroider truth with picturesque details. And overreached himself. He became one of the most hated men in the country. Dorothy dandridge filed suit against the magazine after an article appeared dealing with her alleged exploits in a forest in naturalist company. She asked for two million dollars in damages.
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