Well, HN is not really the environment for anything that smells like political debate. I would guess that your comment is really about the unreliability and/or

Well, HN is not really the environment for anything that smells like political debate. I would guess that your comment is really about the unreliability and/or veracity of for-profit news sources in general, and most rational people would most likely agree with that sentiment. But in the end, the media has no control over the justice system or the actions of individuals that put themselves in legal peril. Public personalities like DJT are targets, and they know that. So, they modulate their behavior to stay out of court. Or, they don’t, and they end up in civil court and the jury gets to decide.