Since 1964, when the Supreme Court ruled on “New York Times vs. Sullivan,” public individuals who wish to sue media companies for libel are required to prove that the news organization knowingly published false information with malicious intent.
The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said in 2012 that he “abhors” the ruling, saying it gives news organizations the freedom to “libel public figures at will so long as somebody told you something.”
Have you thought back to when “news” stopped being “news?”
Trump is completely right on this.
“prove that the news organization knowingly published false information with malicious intent.”
There’s plenty of that going around that they don’t get sued for (the fake documents over Bush’s National Guard service comes to mind - continuing with the story even after evidence was presented indicating they were in fact fake)...likely because the politicians don’t want more attention brought to an issue even if the story itself was false.
Yes.
“malicious intent”
...is part of every news story now.