Rhetorical Hyperbole Is The Defamation Defense Du Jour (Guest Column)
Rhetorical Hyperbole Is the Defamation Defense Du Jour (Guest Column) Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Rich Polk/Getty Images; Gary Miller/Getty Images Forget libel-proof plaintiffs. In the era of "fake news," it's all about the libel-proof defendant. Just ask Tucker Carlson and Barstool Sports. Consumers of news are increasingly trained to be skeptical of what they read and hear from the media and political leaders. With a country increasingly divided in its political choices and media consumption, everything is "fake news" to someone else. Suffice to say, this puts a great strain on defamation law....