© AP/Paul SancyaTrump rally Washington Township, Michigan
The election of President Trump
revealed a previously under-appreciated bias throughout the legacy media. The veneer of neutrality in journalism disappeared. Mistrust and division have since flourished, and news outlets appear to be dead set on assisting efforts to undermine and remove the President,
instead of simply reporting the facts.Who will pay the price for this deluge of falsity?
Until recently, the public has borne the cost of fake news - from accusations of being "low information" or "Russian bots", to being hectored online, our free speech curtailed, and of course constantly being referred to as "conspiracy theorists". Now, however, several major media outlets are facing lawsuits charging them with defamation and libel.
The President's re-election campaign recently filed libel suits seeking damages "in the millions of dollars" against the New York Times and the Washington Post.Last year, "smirking" teenager Nick Sandmann sued the
Washington Post alongside CNN, and NBC Universal seeking $800 million in compensation for libel.
CNN settled the case against them in January for an undisclosed amount. Sandmann intends to file several other suits against media outlets who falsely reported on
the events at the March for Life 2019.
Comment: "Pandemic" not withstanding, life goes on. Trade between Russia and China is as brisk as ever: