Apparently fake news is not libelous or illegal.
From the ruling:
"the "questionable" "editing choices," the court said, weren't sufficiently injurious to reputation to qualify as libelous (whether or not they conveyed a false message)."
https://reason.com/volokh/2018/12/14/fourth-circuit-rejects-libel-claims-over
From the ruling:
"the "questionable" "editing choices," the court said, weren't sufficiently injurious to reputation to qualify as libelous (whether or not they conveyed a false message)."
https://reason.com/volokh/2018/12/14/fourth-circuit-rejects-libel-claims-over