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The Streisand Defect (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry but no, they are not open up to liable or defamation lawsuits by calling a public figure running for office a liar. For pete sake, Tucker regularly called pretty much every popular democrat a liar over the course of his show. Pretty much every right wing mud slinger does.

Here's an example of CNN saying trump lied

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/politics/fact-check-dale-top-15-donald-trump-lies/index.html

NY Times V Sullivan and the fact that this is political speech grants a WIDE amount of latitude for the accusations you can place against politicians.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying you're wrong, but we may need another example since Fox successfully got a case dismissed under the specific premise that "no 'reasonable viewer' takes the primetime host Tucker Carlson seriously"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Which is specifically why I linked to CNN calling trump a liar with no ensuing lawsuit. That's your other example.

You can google and find a bunch of other examples of media outlets freely calling politicians liars.