When news broke that more than 1,300 Voice of America (VOA) employees were placed on leave and funding was terminated for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), a lot of folks immediately hit the panic button. Headlines started screaming about “censorship” and “authoritarianism,” but let’s take a breath and actually break…
Truth, Defamation, and the Battle for Trust in Media
Here we are, folks—ABC News recently cut a $15 million check to settle a defamation suit with President-elect Donald Trump after its star anchor George Stephanopoulos repeatedly and aggressively said Trump had been “found liable for rape.” And now, we’ve got commentators spinning themselves into a tizzy, debating whether this settlement is about truth, media…
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