Go to this link to see how The NE has nailed some of the lying top politicians and never got sued:
Gary Hart and mistresses
Bill Clinton and mistresses
John Edwards and mistresses
And Now!
Ted Cruz and mistresses
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3413496/posts?page=240#240
All are public figures. No suit would ever be successful absent a finding of actual malice.