r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 3d ago

Spotlight On Media Outlets Instead of apologizing to Talarico right wing media is trying to spin a new conspiracy...

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u/jtan212 3d ago

Talarico can file lawsuit to Fox if he wants to, since he has standing. Like Newsom last time.

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u/StoriedMatter 3d ago

Please give me a source if I'm missing it, but I don't think Fox ever published a story saying Talarico was in the mental health facility. Those stories were published by right-wing influencers.

Talarico may have standing and/or damages from those influencers, but not from Fox regarding this incident.

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u/jtan212 3d ago

Source of Newsom won early lawsuit below

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/newsom-trump-lawsuit-fox-news-22236767.php

This posting about Talarico has Fox banner, it is truly coming from Fox ?

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u/StoriedMatter 3d ago

This is a post from Fox saying the viral mental health hospital story has been debunked, which is true. You can't win a defamation case against something that's true.

There could be a case for defamation if Fox said Talarico was in a mental health hospital when they knew he wasn't, but I don't believe they ever said that.

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u/jtan212 3d ago

I see your point. In this case, Fox did not create the lie, they just help spread it instead of fact checking first like a normal journalist would do.

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u/pilgermann 3d ago

Streisand effect. He's shrewd. If he bothers to sue, it'll be after the election. And if he wins, I'm going to guess he won't give a shit.