Yeah, and even when the lie is causing harm to a specific person, the U.S. media are mostly immune from libel lawsuits when that person is a public figure like

Yeah, and even when the lie is causing harm to a specific person, the U.S. media are mostly immune from libel lawsuits when that person is a public figure like a politician or business owner they're opposed to. Also when they turn that person into a public figure via their campaign of lying, I believe.