Comment on How does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often?

FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• crypticthree@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Also public figures have to prove “actual malice” in a defamation or libel. Actual malice is an incredibly hard thing to prove.

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  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I imagine if it were easier, there would be like another couple hundred of thousand lawsuits against Trump lol

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    • KnowledgeableNip@leminal.space ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And by Trump, frankly. He’d definitely try and cash in if it were possible.

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