Recommendation: Recommended
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Review:
Enrich does a good job of bringing together the stories of individual cases and several law firms to argue that there is an active conspiracy to make it easier for the powerful to shut down news stories via libel suits. It seems like the suits rarely (if ever) target the thrust of the article, but find some tiny mistake around the edges and attempt to tar the media organization as malicious. There are some notable exceptions (Dominion's suits against media organizations like FOX, go after the heart of the matter). Meanwhile, the lawyers who attack the media argue that the laws need to be changed as they face an exceedingly uphill battle to "hold the media accountable." That is as it should be. Media should minimize their mistakes (and, when a mistake is made, should own up). There should be no need to go to court. When media is doing its job well, it should be very difficult to sue them because they are, well, doing their jobs well!
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