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The Conservative Case for Getting Sued Into Oblivion

By Scott Greer

For all its faults, a high standard for defamation protects controversial conservative speech. We shouldn’t assist our enemies in chipping away at it.

Fox News last month agreed to fork over nearly $800 million in its settlement of a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems. Dominion claimed Fox defamed the company with supposed disinformation about its role in the 2020 election. The lawsuit was set to go to trial before Fox settled in fear of an even larger judgment and the negative publicity of Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, and Sean Hannity testifying in open court. The lawsuit possibly influenced the network to cut ties with Carlson over fears of future litigation.

The whole affair demonstrates how conservatives can be sued for dubious reasons and lose big thanks to the current legal system.

Defamation law has proven to be an effective weapon for the Left. Yet, many conservatives want to aid the Left’s mission by loosening defamation laws. They somehow believe this change would help ordinary people strike back at the mainstream media. In reality, it would lead to more Dominion-style lawsuits and likely spell the end of independent right-wing media.

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