Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoTelevision channel Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle lawsuit over claims it made about the 2020 presidential electionedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkTelevision channel Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle lawsuit over claims it made about the 2020 presidential electionedition.cnn.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoDefamation is a civil issue so you can’t be jailed for it, I believe.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThere’s criminal charges for yelling “fire” in a crowded building with no fire… Why shouldn’t there be criminal charges for intentionally lying an election was stolen which lead to a literal coup attempt?
minus-squareJBar2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoThere’s actually several scenarios where you can yell fire in a crowded theater Regardless, they are 2 completely separate situations. Until leadership gets serious about white collar crime, we’re stuck with what we have
Defamation is a civil issue so you can’t be jailed for it, I believe.
There’s criminal charges for yelling “fire” in a crowded building with no fire…
Why shouldn’t there be criminal charges for intentionally lying an election was stolen which lead to a literal coup attempt?
There’s actually several scenarios where you can yell fire in a crowded theater
Regardless, they are 2 completely separate situations. Until leadership gets serious about white collar crime, we’re stuck with what we have