In this morning’s headlines, Trump “stretched the truth,””responded with falsehoods,” and made “false claims.”
I’m asking this seriously: is there a liable law that prevents a newspaper from saying a public figure lied?
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In this morning’s headlines, Trump “stretched the truth,””responded with falsehoods,” and made “false claims.”
I’m asking this seriously: is there a liable law that prevents a newspaper from saying a public figure lied?
volkris
in reply to TammyGentzel • • •My understanding is no.
My understanding is that libel law in the US requires that the person committing libel is aware that they are saying false things, and a newspaper truthfully pointing out that somebody is lying would be completely free from that.
TammyGentzel
in reply to volkris • • •