> We live in a country where we have elected officials and laws to deal with individuals and organizations that undermine our democracy. This is not entirely t

> We live in a country where we have elected officials and laws to deal with individuals and organizations that undermine our democracy. This is not entirely true. I’m not sure what the law is on slander (which would be the law in question here, I believe), and if social media companies would be breaking the law if they allow slander to be distributed on their platform. But regardless if it turns out that the story is bogus, and the NYP is charged with slander, but this article had a widespread distribution and is successful in swaying voters on a false claim. Then the damage to democracy is quite significant, but the NYP gets away with a fairly minor charge of slander.