Art. 362. Libelous remarks. —
Libelous remarks or comments connected with the matter privileged under the
provisions of Article 354, if made with malice, shall not exempt the author
thereof nor the editor or managing editor of a newspaper from criminal
liability.
Libelous remarks or comments on
matters privileged, if made with malice in fact, do not exempt the author and
editor.
Liability of newspaper reporter
for distorting facts connected with official proceedings
• The reporter of a newspaper
publication, in publishing what passes in a court of justice, must publish the
whole case, and not merely state the conclusion which he himself draws from the
evidence.
• The author or the editor of a publication who distorts, mutilates or
discolors the official proceedings reported by him, or add comments thereon to
cast aspersion on the character of the parties concerned, is guilty of libel, notwithstanding
the fact that the defamatory matter is published in connection with a
privileged matter.
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