If gorsich and thomas. prevailed and they undid this precedent, what kind of impact would that have? I think the mediam would be significantly deterred and chilled. The moos as goong to say fox news would suffer the most. They by far litter the, you know, american discourse with more damaging falsehoods than any other news organization. This is legal welfare for fox news. And it's like, no, i mean, right now, the ed of the fox news is relying on this case this precedent in defending itself against the lawsuits filed by smart maddock.
The New York Times published an editorial that made false claims about Sarah Palin. A lawsuit over the error could change American media.
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