Where a plaintiff sues on specific defamatory publications that form part of a broader campaign, damages must be assessed by reference to the harm caused by the publications sued upon, not the entire campaign. Where the plaintiff's evidence of harm cannot be isolated to the specific publications, the award should prima facie be modest. Partial justification (some imputations being substantially true) operates to mitigate both compensatory and aggravated damages proportionately.
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