There are exceptions. Remember the “Operation Tailwind/Valley of Death?” story? CNN had to cough up significant $ after accusing the US military officers of using sarin during Vietnam. Also then-CNN star, Peter Arnett, producer April Oliver and others were summarilly canned by CNN. CNN had to run an on-air apology for a protracted period of time following the retraction.
Accusing Sarah Palin/Beck/Limbaugh/the Tea Party movement, etc. of driving a mental case to murder may just meet the exceptions.
If nothing else, a lawsuit would force said “journalists” and/or Congress(wo)men or the entities that employ them to fork up legal fees, and give negative headlines to the purveyors of the slander. They have to face responsibility for their own actions and words before accusing others. If it takes a law suit, so be it.
Miltary officers aren’t the same as politicians under the Public Figure doctrine. Furthermore, starting a losing lawsuit will just embolden the left when the case gets tossed.
Right...if only that would happen the fact is Slick Willie and the left got away with blaming Oklahoma City bombing on Rush. So I don't see much of a chance of anyone getting convicted on this much less anyone or anything going to trail. It would be nice if it did thou.
I mean your are right but in this bizarro world of a left-winged owned press it is not going to happen. Right now they are doing their best to capitalize on a tragedy to push their progressive agenda by smearing any and all on the right for causing it. It is sad to see but the press is not the free man's friend anymore. But what is truly the saddest thing of all now is that the Truth is now defined by who has the best spin and gets more face time. The old nazi adage of tell a lie long enough and it becomes truth has been proven quite true here of late with our so called freedom of the press.