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1. The plaintiff's claims against the defendants are all dismissed.
2. The costs of lawsuit shall be borne by the Plaintiff.
Reasons
1. The plaintiff's assertion on the ground of the plaintiff's claim is as shown in the annexed sheet, and a summary of it is as follows.
On May 9, 2019, Defendant E, a reporter affiliated with Defendant C, prepared an article with the same content as the description of the cause of the claim (the article in this case) under the title of “F” under the title of Defendant D, a director general of editing bureau, and Defendant C posted it on the website, and on the following day, Defendant C published a private opinion (the private theory in this case) with the same content as the description of the cause of the claim as “G” based on the article in this case.
However, although the Plaintiff’s annual performances were composed of voluntary participation and tolerance of believers, as if the Plaintiff sold tobacco, etc. for commercial profit purposes, the purpose of the event was distorted and published a false article and a false opinion.
Since the plaintiff's reputation was seriously damaged, the defendants should compensate the plaintiff for the damage.
3. Whether a certain article in the media of determination constitutes a tort by destroying another person’s reputation or by committing a tort should be determined based on the overall appearance of the article, comprehensively taking into account the objective contents of the article, the ordinary meaning of the used words, and the connection method of the literature and the Gu, under the premise of the ordinary method of dealing with the article, in relation to the overall purport of the article. Furthermore, the meaning of the relevant expression should also be considered in light of the social trend that served as the background of the article.
In addition, even if a certain expression damages another person's reputation, if the expression is solely for the public interest and its purpose is solely for the public interest, there is no illegality in the event that there is a true fact or there is a considerable reason to believe that the actor is true.
Here, the phrase “if the purpose is solely for the public interest” is indicated.