The British tabloid press (a low and fairly despicable bunch) manage quite happily under english libel law because most of their victims can't afford to lose and the newspapers can afford to pay up when they do.
Oh come on. Tabloids are not any worse here than they are on your side, and it's not like they're some huge problem either way.
Against that, the US situation where the defamed person has to prove malice, i.e. that it was a personal attack, is ridiculously stringent since that would be very difficult to prove in most cases but leaves the door wide open to libel anyone you like.
It's not libel if you're not violating the law.
No wonder your political campaigns throw sh1t like there is no tomorrow.
Laz would have a thing or two to say about the "dirtiness" of modern campaigns and politicians, I think
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