In media defamation cases involving innuendo, plaintiffs are not required to plead the precise identities of persons who had knowledge of extrinsic facts enabling identification; an inference that some persons knew the facts is sufficient where the matter has been the subject of extensive publicity. Separate causes of action for slander to an interviewer and defamation by broadcast to the audience must be separately pleaded and not rolled up in a single paragraph. An imputation of illegal conduct must be separately pleaded against each plaintiff.
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