Fact (US magazine)
Fact was an American quarterly magazine that commented on controversial topics. It was in circulation between January 1964 and August 1967.[1]
| Editor | Ralph Ginzburg |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher | Trident Press |
| Year founded | 1964 |
| First issue | January 1964 |
| Final issue | August 1967 |
| Country | USA |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0429-9825 |
| OCLC | 1568723 |
History
The publisher of Fact was Trident Press based in New York City.[2] Edited by Ralph Ginzburg and Warren Boroson, the magazine was notable for having been sued by Barry Goldwater over a 1964 issue entitled "The Unconscious of a Conservative: A special Issue on the Mind of Barry Goldwater". In Goldwater v. Ginzburg, a federal jury awarded Goldwater $1 in compensatory damages and $75,000 in punitive damages, to punish Ginzburg and the magazine for being reckless. The American Psychiatric Association then issued the Goldwater rule reaffirming medical privacy and forbidding commenting on a patient whom the individual psychiatrist has not personally examined.[3]
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the award and the Supreme Courts denied a petition for certiorari (review); Justice Black and Justice Douglas joined a dissenting opinion, rather unusual at the time (1970) on orders denying "cert."[4]
References
- Maria Popova (January 5, 2011). "Ralph Ginzburg's fact:, Vintage Wikileaks?". Brain Pickings. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1967: July-December. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. 1971. p. 1793. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- Richard A. Friedman (May 23, 2011). "How a Telescopic Lens Muddles Psychiatric Insights". New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- 414 F.2d 324, 337 (2d Cir.1969), cert. denied, 396 US 1049, 90 S.Ct. 701, 24 L.Ed.2d 695.
Further reading
- Ginzburg, Ralph & Boroson, Warren (1967). The Best of Fact: Thirty-Two Articles that have made History from America's Most Courageous Magazine. Trident Press. OCLC 1368372.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Goldwater v. Ginzburg, 414 F.2d 324, 337 (2d Cir.1969), cert. denied, 396 US 1049, 90 S.Ct. 701, 24 L.Ed.2d 695.