Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1447.1
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Defamation by radio and television - Limitation of
Official statutory text
liability.
The owner, licensee or operator of a television and/or radio
broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or
employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be
liable for any damages for any defamatory statement published or
uttered in or as a part of a television and/or radio broadcast, by
one other than such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or
employee thereof, unless it shall be alleged and proved by the
complaining party, that such owner, licensee, operator or such agent
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or employee, has failed to exercise due care to prevent the
publication or utterance of such statement in such broadcast.
The owner, licensee or operator of a television and/or radio
broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or
employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be
liable for any damages for any defamatory statement published or
uttered in or as a part of a television and/or radio broadcast, by
one other than such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or
employee thereof, unless it shall be alleged and proved by the
complaining party, that such owner, licensee, operator or such agent
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 290
or employee, has failed to exercise due care to prevent the
publication or utterance of such statement in such broadcast.
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