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It's "alleged" until confirmed by a tribunal. Otherwise it's libel and you're getting multimillion dollar lawsuits against them.
His crimes/actions are alleged. That he's "involved in the Epstein Files" is not.
The files can't be sued. The publisher can be.
Donald Trump was involved with Jeffry Epstein.
Watch me not get sued.
Obviously large media companies are at larger risk, however it's literally factually true that he was involved with Epstein. And the truth is an absolute defence against libel. So why don't the media grow some balls.
You're a person, not a news org. And it sounds like you are asking them to override their legal departments to take on risk because you would find the immediate results pleasing, regardless of the longer term effects it would have on those companies.
Yes that's correct. That's why I said the media should grow some balls.
I also work directly in technical legal risk, and I know what lawyers recommend companies and why, and they are the most risk averse people on earth. Of course they will recommend the course of action the incurrs zero legal risk.
Companies chose not to listen to their lawyers based on analysis of risk literally constantly. Just like they don't always listen to engineering, HR, or any other department.
Corporations don't get to shirk public responsibility by hiding behind their lawyers.