they aren’t- they threw it out supposedly because the post printed an opinion of the indian— which while it turned out to be false, it was’ protected by free speech’ or some such malarky- apparently the judge felt the post didn’t have an obligation to check out whether it was true or not- The post was ‘simply printing an opinion of someone who itnerprete4d things in a way that later turned out to be false-’ -
The judge essentially was implying that wapo didn’t know the story by the indian was false- so wapo is off the hook
So in other words- apparently- according to today’s ruling- the left wing media can concoct any story they like by getting people to falsely claim things against conservatives- slandering them and libeling them- ruining their lives in the process- and all the msm has to do is say they printed opinions- and that’s just A-OK with the courts
“They may have been erroneous ... but they are opinion protected by The First Amendment,” Bertelsman wrote.
So there ya have it folks- if you work for a news outlet- and ya wanna destroy someone’s life- get some lackey to voice an opinion, false one at that- about the person, print it- hype the crowds up and job is done and according to that judge, it’s all protected free speech and noone is held accountable for whatever transpires!