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How Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announced (feddit.org)
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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Being “press” does not give you blanket protection from lies. Alex Jones just lost his company because he lied about Sandy Hook victims.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

press

Alex Jones

Which one is it now?!

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

He didn't lost his company because he lied as a press entity, he was lying for years without issues, he lost his company because he directly defamed the victims and their loved ones, which caused a massive lawsuit by them that went in their favor. Even in the US there's still a few restrictions to free speech, and defamation is one of them.