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What was the effect of Zenger’s trial on libel laws?
A) Libel laws were interpreted to apply only to untrue statements that damaged a person’s reputation.
B) Libel laws were reinterpreted to apply to any statement that damaged a person’s reputation, regardless of whether it was true.
C) Libel laws were expanded to apply to governments as well as individuals.
D)Libel laws were interpreted to apply both to spoken and written statements that damaged reputations.

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awesomepoil
I'm pretty sure the answer is A.
hardysouthern

Answer:

A) Libel laws were interpreted to apply only to untrue statements that damaged a person’s reputation.

Explanation:

Zenger's lawyers, Hamilton and Smith, tried to enforce a precedent that a statement is not libelous if it can be proven, no matter how defamatory, as an important concept for the freedom of press. Eventually, law would be changed so that would be the case.