Lying by mouth or by print in a manner that damages the reputation of a party regardless of malice or intent is a tort. Entire books are written about it, and remedies are codified in various parts of U.S. law. That said, perhaps it’s time to revisit and scrutinize the precise boundaries between “free speech/press” and tortious and actionable libel/slander by the media. Candidate Trump touched on this but the usual suspects said he’d be tampering with the ‘sanctity’ of the press. I think such a reexamination is worth looking into.
In other words, people attacked by the fake photo and related story can sue the crap out of TIME and the fake GoFundMe operation and its recipients.
Where I come from it is called both “Fraud” and “Lack of Due Diligence” to verify the photo before it was used for both the cover and fundraising.
Jail to the con-artists.
I see tort reform happening in Trump’s second term.
Along with major welfare reform... and abortion going back to the States.