Look at Michael Mann’s defamation lawsuit against National Review and Mark Steyn. It has taken eight years and millions of dollars in litigation costs to finally get Mann's suit against National Review thrown out, but his suit against Steyn is still pending.
Two words: Loser Pays.
The Mann that lost his hockey stick?
“The problem of a biased and one sided media would not be remedied by over turning New York Times v. Sullivan. It would just give the left an easier time waging all out lawfare against conservative media.”
Nonsense! It is already at that point! The left is so stupid that it will shoot itself in the foot, thereby clearing the field for new limitations for free speech.
This.
Sullivan protected Drudge running the Lewinsky story after Isikoff spiked it. Sullivan permits my tagline.
When the judge says,
"As has become apparent, Silicon Valley also has an enormous influence over the distribution of news. And it similarly filters news delivery in ways favorable to the Democratic Party. "
That's not a valid complaint against Sullivan, that's a complaint against United States v. Microsoft having neutered Standard Oil!
To be fair, the judge's screed is a good read -- Federal Judges are usually blase and pretend to be jaded so as to appear impervious (imperial!) to the Narrative, so any Judge thoughtful enough to remember Candy Crowley's scurrilous moderation of that Second Debate is someone who groks all the pieces of this nasty "1000-Piece MSM Cabal Puzzle".
But then again, Fatass Candy screwed Romney, so are we really that sorry she did it?