Carrie,a Prominent Local Attorney,was the Subject of a Newspaper Article

Multiple Choice

Carrie,a prominent local attorney,was the subject of a newspaper article concerning a trial in which she was involved as counsel.In that article,Carrie was reported to have been disbarred in another state ten years before.It is not true of Carrie,but of her cousin,Frances.Carrie will win a suit for defamation against the newspaper:

A) simply by proving the falsity of the statement.
B) only if Frances was not disbarred.
C) only if she can prove that the paper acted with actual malice.
D) only if she can show harm to her character resulted from the statement.