| Editor: | Ralph Ginzburg |
| Editor Title: | Editor |
| Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Publisher: | Trident Press |
| Founded: | 1964 |
| Finaldate: | August 1967 |
| Firstdate: | January 1964 |
| Country: | US |
| Based: | New York City |
| Language: | English |
| Issn: | 0429-9825 |
| Oclc: | 1568723 |
Fact was an American quarterly magazine that commented on controversial topics. It was in circulation between January 1964 and August 1967.[1]
The publisher of Fact was Trident Press based in New York City.[2] The magazine was edited by Ralph Ginzburg and Warren Boroson[3] and designed by Herb Lubalin.[4]
Fact was notable for having been sued by Barry Goldwater over a 1964 issue entitled "The Unconscious of a Conservative: A special Issue on the Mind of Barry Goldwater". In Goldwater v. Ginzburg, a federal jury awarded Goldwater $1 in compensatory damages and $75,000 in punitive damages, to punish Ginzburg and the magazine for being reckless. The American Psychiatric Association then issued the Goldwater rule reaffirming medical privacy and forbidding commenting on a patient whom the individual psychiatrist has not personally examined.[5]
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the award and the Supreme Courts denied a petition for certiorari (review); Justice Black and Justice Douglas joined a dissenting opinion, rather unusual at the time (1970) on orders denying "cert."[6]