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Headlines are usually written like this to avoid libel suits. Even if you have a defensible case it’s quite expensive to go through the motions of a lawsuit.
by bobthepanda 2y ago
Headlines are usually written like this to avoid libel suits. Even if you have a defensible case it’s quite expensive to go through the motions of a lawsuit.
- observationist 2y agoBangladesh is going to sue US journalists in a US court for accurate headlines? I'd love libel suits from hostile authoritarian regimes, personally. For a journalism organization, that would seem to be a badge of honor. Something is deeply wrong if you have to essentially lie on behalf of the bad guys or risk significant financial penalties.
- bobthepanda 2y agoNot the US, but this actively happens pretty frequently in the UK, which is often just as financially damaging. https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-libel-privacy-law-defamation-westminster/ https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-libel-privacy-law-defamat...