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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Ed Morrissey: Media Dreads Accountability For Its Lies
Description: The era of Fake News may soon crash into accountability. ABC News stunned observers – and especially its colleagues in the mainstream media – by abruptly settling Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit for $16 million and an expression of “regret.” The move tacitly admits that George Stephanopoulos lied on air about Trump. The New York Times followed up by warning that Trump would use defamation and libel lawsuits to quash “critical coverage,” painting the media industry as a David against a Goliath. But media enjoys enormous advantages in defamation and libel lawsuits —including massive resources that normally outweigh the plaintiffs'. ABC and Di...