[ilovecurl]

During Dominion's case against Fox News around this same issue Fox News' own lawyers stated that they were not stating actual facts about the topics under discussion and instead were engaged in exaggeration and non-literal commentary. It's not news, it's infotainment.

[lesuorac]

Lawyers would tell you that water isn't wet it's just slick if it'd help them win their case.

I don't see any fix for the news cycle besides slowing it down. Even if enough happens to fill 24h in a day there isn't enough time to actually analyze it at all.

[UmGuys]

I don't think you understand. It's not news, but entertainment. Unbiased news is: AP, Reuters, CSPAN.

[cj]

> Lawyers would tell you that water isn't wet

Sure, but do you really think the Fox News anchors honestly believed what they were saying?

I’d venture a guess: no. They said what they said because that’s what they had to do to get their paycheck at the end of the day.

Yes, lawyers will say whatever to win a case. But I highly doubt those news anchors really thought the election was stolen. It’s all for ratings. Let’s be honest.

[mapt]

This is a general defense to try and moot the existence of defamation law, and a judge who isn't on the right-wing payroll is likely to take offense.

Fox settled with Dominion for $800M.