>someone threatened that they'll actually be liable if they lie? Maybe if they didn't constantly lie they wouldn't have to worry about consequences for lying?

>someone threatened that they'll actually be liable if they lie? Maybe if they didn't constantly lie they wouldn't have to worry about consequences for lying? The libel laws are already such that they're liable for damages caused by lying. "Opening up the libel laws" would presumably entail incurring liability for printing inconvenient truths.