Analysis

ABC Trial Broadcasts Media's Liability In 'Fake News' Era

By Daniel Siegal (June 28, 2017, 9:51 PM EDT) -- ABC Inc.'s mid-trial settlement of accusations it slandered a beef company by calling its product "pink slime" is the latest signal to deep-pocketed story subjects that in the era of "fake news," they have a good chance in court against even strongly defensible news stories, experts say....

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