• markko@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    From a legal point of view it hasn’t been tried in a court of law, which is why words like “apparently” and “allegedly” are used.

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        16 hours ago

        That is literally what happens in US news when the subject involves a criminal offence or could be considered defamation.

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        Yes. It’s impossible to report objectively on capitalists with enough control to sue. This has been shown again and again.