It's an excuse. They would never lose in court for something a guest claimed as long as they simply stated they don't endorse it. Which they could easily do after he says his piece and the interview is over.
The defamer gets sued, not the "news organization" for allowing the defamatory speech. They are a news org, that's their job to allow speech, defamatory or not.
Everyone on Sidney Powell's team is part of the lawsuit, whether they even mentioned Dominion or not. So they are reaching very far indeed, and the rule of law is broken so anything can happen.
They wouldn't lose the case, but they'd have to pay to fight. Fighting costs $. Dominion has more and the backing of a grateful Biden admin backed by China and all the other totalitarian dictatorships it has put into power... Assuming they aren't threatened into dropping it or accepting a settlement.
It's an excuse. They would never lose in court for something a guest claimed as long as they simply stated they don't endorse it. Which they could easily do after he says his piece and the interview is over.
The defamer gets sued, not the "news organization" for allowing the defamatory speech. They are a news org, that's their job to allow speech, defamatory or not.
It's bullshit, plain and simple.
Everyone on Sidney Powell's team is part of the lawsuit, whether they even mentioned Dominion or not. So they are reaching very far indeed, and the rule of law is broken so anything can happen.
They wouldn't lose the case, but they'd have to pay to fight. Fighting costs $. Dominion has more and the backing of a grateful Biden admin backed by China and all the other totalitarian dictatorships it has put into power... Assuming they aren't threatened into dropping it or accepting a settlement.