This was the only area our founding fathers fucked up. They gave way too much leeway to defamatory speech with almost no recourse.

The current state of our media illustrates it perfectly. If the onus was on the publisher or the person making defamatory statements to prove they have evidence then this shit would all go away. Instead it’s up to you to prove that they knew they were spewing lies, but all they have to say is they actually believe it and that’s a valid defense. Case dismissed.