What is the law on the newspaper saying something really bad about someone that they are going to court over?

WOULD I HAVE GROUNDS TO GO AFTER THE NEWSPAPER COMPANY FOR PRINTING SOMETHING, THAT IS JUST A ALLEGATION AND GIVEN ME A BAD NAME THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN YET? Or if some things are but they worded it to be really bad for me and all the fact are not out and what they have is just the allegation