• @[email protected]
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    82 days ago

    From a legal point of view it hasn’t been tried in a court of law, which is why words like “apparently” and “allegedly” are used.

    • @[email protected]
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      So if Elon literally lay down on the ground we couldn’t say he lay on the ground? You’re saying we would have to say allegedly? What he did is not in question, their argument was intent. It should be obvious that he lay on the ground but reported as possibly unintentionally lay on the ground. The action is clear as day and should not be up for dispute

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        Yes. It’s impossible to report objectively on capitalists with enough control to sue. This has been shown again and again.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 day ago

        That is literally what happens in US news when the subject involves a criminal offence or could be considered defamation.

          • @RedditRefugee69
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            Less than perfectly, due to the constraints of the system they are forced to operate within.*

            You are, of course, free to start up a news agency that fulfills every ideal you hold close, just know that you’ll have to have a lot of funding if you’re going to be spending as much time in court defending against libel lawsuits as you spend on reporting.