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> No real repercussions are to be found This is simply not true. Almost every day media around the world are subject to libel lawsuits. Recently, Newsmax and
by threeseed 6y ago
> No real repercussions are to be found
This is simply not true.
Almost every day media around the world are subject to libel lawsuits. Recently, Newsmax and Fox News were sued by Dominion Voting Systems and their employees and Meghan Markle sued Daily Mail for publishing personal letters.
And most of the respectable news organisations still abide by the core tenets of journalism e.g. multiple, vetted sources.
- meragrin 6y ago> And most of the respectable news organisations still abide by the core tenets of journalism e.g. multiple, vetted sources. And which ones are those?
- adgjlsfhk1 6y agoThe ones that don't claim that no reasonable person would take them seriously when someone sues them for defamation (Fox has done this multiple times).
- myfavoritedog 6y agoEvery opinion host out there uses this defense when the inevitable suit is levied. https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/12/28/rachel-maddows-defense-to-oan-defamation-lawsuit-is-that-on-air-statements-shouldnt-be-considered-fact-869161/ https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/12/28/rachel-maddows-defen...
- bourgwaletariat 6y ago"Respectable news organizations" is a logical fallacy called "no true scotsman."