Gorsuch is my hero

[Loki]

https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/gorsuch-misinfo-libel

He said the standard incentivized ignorance over traditional journalistic practices and favored "those who can disseminate the most sensational information as efficiently as possible without any particular concern for truth."

[Jolly]

Gorsuch and Thomas (Thomas is even more forceful in his opinions) both think we really need to take a hard look at our slander and libel laws in the current Information Age.

I agree.

[George K]

@jolly said in Gorsuch is my hero:

we really need to take a hard look at our slander and libel laws

I know it doesn't apply to things said on the floor of the Senate or House, but Harry Reid's comment about Romney not paying taxes comes to mind. He knew it was false, and yet he said it.

Years later, when asked about it, his response was, "He didn't win, did he?"

[Jolly]

Which is why Dingy Harry should have been censured and made to publicly apologize. At the least.