The bar to clear is that libel has to be a fact, not an opinion. In the United States, there's all kinds of false claims that are actually protected. For a public figure to win a libel lawsuit against a false claim, the bar they have to reach is extremely high. The whole kind of idea is that like in a robust free speech, free media environment, false claims are gonna get published,. Things are gonna fall through the cracks. And we can't have a legal system that protects fucking celebrities from like every single false claim."

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