Fact was an American quarterly magazine that commented on controversial topics. It was in circulation between January 1964 and August 1967.[1]
History
The publisher of Fact was Trident Press based in New York City.[2] The magazine was edited by Ralph Ginzburg and Warren Boroson[3] and designed by Herb Lubalin.[4]
Fact 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.[5]
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."[6]
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.
- ^ Meggs, Philip B. “Two Magazines of the Turbulent ‘60s: a ‘90s Perspective.” Print 48 (Mar–Apr 1994): 68–77 OCLC 201042699
- ^ "Eros, Fact and Avant Garde". designishistory.com. Retrieved 22 October 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.
- 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.
- "Flat File N°1 – Fact Magazine". Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography. 16 February 2016.