• magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    23 hours ago

    Throwing in the word “apparent” is cowardly, but it’s also a lot cheaper than being sued for libel by a fucking billionaire.

    • LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee
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      19 hours ago

      Nah. Getting sued for libel is what these outlets should be absolutely proud to have sent their way. That’s literally a news story in itself. It would also means he’d actually have to defend it instead of posting Nazi puns on Twitter.

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      17 hours ago

      Yeah. They’re cowards because they don’t want to lose any money saying the truth.

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      21 hours ago

      So at what point of doing something does it actually become the thing that it was?

      Seems pretty obvious to me.

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        19 hours ago

        From a legal point of view it hasn’t been tried in a court of law, which is why words like “apparently” and “allegedly” are used.

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            1 hour ago

            That is literally what happens in US news when the subject involves a criminal offence or could be considered defamation.

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            12 hours ago

            Yes. It’s impossible to report objectively on capitalists with enough control to sue. This has been shown again and again.

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                11 hours ago

                Less than perfectly, due to the constraints of the system they are forced to operate within.*

                You are, of course, free to start up a news agency that fulfills every ideal you hold close, just know that you’ll have to have a lot of funding if you’re going to be spending as much time in court defending against libel lawsuits as you spend on reporting.