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Why lawsuits against the media may not hurt freedom of the press

  • Written by Nancy Costello, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Michigan State University
Why lawsuits against the media may not hurt freedom of the pressWill lawsuits against misinformation hurt freedom of speech?syahrir maulana/ iStock / Getty Images Plus

Free speech advocates have long believed that suing a news organization threatens free speech. Democracy needs a press to be free to report, without fear or favor, the facts as it sees them.

But two recent legal actions against news organizations...

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