Timeline of our interview:
2.00 Why David pursued this subject matter. What he saw at the NYT and the “horror stories’ he heard from smaller media outlets.
4.28 The history of what the legal standard of defamation is now and why it was set where it is in 1964
6:24 Trump’s dislike of the media is a game-changer
7.28 why private citizens are protected as well as journalists by the status quo - and are at risk is if the Sullivan decision gets narrowed
9.00 David explains why Robert Bork, the conservative legal thinker supported the Sullivan decision
12:00 The volume of lawsuits against the media now vs prior to 2016
14:40 Should journalists take out insurance?
17:00 Not every journalist gets it right. David’s thoughts on that. Two big cases have shown that there is a price to pay for poor journalism when they get it badly wrong…
22:20 The differences in libel laws between the US and the UK
25:00 David’s reporting on the law firm Clare Locke and the fallout
28:00 How likely is this court will narrow Sullivan and when?
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