"Fox and Friends" Continues to Lower the Bar
Fox and Friends happily reported a fake story about ham being used as a method of torment to Muslim students. Creepy bully cackles surely followed. Turns out the story was a parody. They got sued. The judge threw it out.
But failure to investigate before publishing, “even when a reasonably prudent person would have done so, is not sufficient to establish reckless disregard,” the judge concluded. “The First Amendment protects journalists even when they are gullible.”
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