Can CNN sue Donald Trump for calling it fake news?

As long as “Fake news” remains Trump's opinion of CNN, they can't sue him. If they decide to sue Trump then they need to prove “actual malice”. Actual malice is when someone lies deliberately to hurt another person or their reputation. read more

As long as “Fake news” remains Trump’s opinion of CNN, they can’t sue him. If they decide to sue Trump then they need to prove “actual malice”. Actual malice is when someone lies deliberately to hurt another person or their reputation. Free speech protects both the media and the President. CNN calls the President by certain other names with negative connotation and the President calls CNN the fake news network. read more

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Paul Callan is a CNN legal analyst, a former New York homicide prosecutor and currently is "of counsel" to the New York law firm of Edelman and Edelman, PC, focusing on wrongful conviction and civil rights cases. read more