Donald Trump has said he wants to “open up” our libel laws and make it easier to sue journalists. But general counsel for media companies aren’t stopping the presses because of his threats, calling them unrealistic at best and unconstitutional at worst.
In a tirade against the news media back in February, during a campaign stop in Fort Worth, Texas, Trump said he wanted to change libel laws—largely the products of state rather than federal laws—so that when news outlets “write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money,” according to POLITICO. Trump reiterated his disdain for journalists this week, calling them “all bad” during a speech in Jacksonville, Florida.
