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Post-Game Coverage

A sports radio host’s comments about a referee’s performance in a University of Kentucky tournament game are protected under the First Amendment, the Sixth Circuit ruled. The referee had claimed the radio station’s post-game coverage of him caused his roofing company to lose business.

CINCINNATI – A sports radio host’s comments about a referee’s performance in a University of Kentucky tournament game are protected under the First Amendment, the Sixth Circuit ruled. The referee had claimed the radio station’s post-game coverage of him caused his roofing company to lose business.

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights, Media, Sports

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