public interest
noun[U]
LAW,SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYukusused whentalkingabout people'srightstoknowthefactsabout aparticularsituation:
The Board wassatisfiedthat it wasin thepublicinteresttobroadcastthestory.
But thepublicinterestdefence-exposingapublichealthhazard- didn'tseemtocountwith thejury.