{"id":34863,"date":"1996-11-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"1996-11-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migration-rcfp.alleydev.com\/short-item\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T14:25:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T19:25:43","slug":"short-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rcfp.org\/short-item\/","title":{"rendered":"SHORT ITEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<h3>SHORT ITEM<\/h3>\n<p><i>11\/18\/96<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>NEW YORK&#8211; Time magazine agreed in early November to settle a lawsuit brought by a Church of Scientology member who claimed that the magazine libeled him in an article about the church.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the settlement, Time agreed to publish a statement in its Nov. 11 issue saying that the article was not intended to suggest that church member Michael Baybak was a &#8216;front&#8217; for the Church of Scientology or that his actions violated any laws, according to various news reports.<\/p>\n<p>Baybak filed the suit in federal District Court in New York after a May 1991 magazine cover story described the church as a &#8220;global racket,&#8221; and discussed Baybak&#8217;s activities on the Vancouver Stock Exchange in a separate item accompanying the main article. The article on Baybak also stated that the stock exchange was a source of funds for the church.<\/p>\n<p>In July, a judge dismissed the last element of a separate libel suit brought by the church against Time Warner Inc. and the magazine involving the same article. The church is appealing the dismissal. (Baybak v. 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