• markko@lemmy.world
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    8か月前

    From a legal point of view it hasn’t been tried in a court of law, which is why words like “apparently” and “allegedly” are used.

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        8か月前

        Yes. It’s impossible to report objectively on capitalists with enough control to sue. This has been shown again and again.

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        8か月前

        That is literally what happens in US news when the subject involves a criminal offence or could be considered defamation.

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      8か月前

      So if Elon literally lay down on the ground we couldn’t say he lay on the ground? You’re saying we would have to say allegedly? What he did is not in question, their argument was intent. It should be obvious that he lay on the ground but reported as possibly unintentionally lay on the ground. The action is clear as day and should not be up for dispute