Fox News fights coronavirus misinformation lawsuit: First Amendment protects ‘false’ speech – Raw Story

Fox News has moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Washington state group accusing the network of “deceptive” coronavirus coverage by arguing that the First Amendment protects “false” and “outrageous” speech. The network’s lawyers said in a motion seeking to dismiss the lawsuit that the “First Amendment does not permit censoring this type of speech based on the theory that it is ‘false’ or ‘outrageous.’ Nor does the law of the State of Washington.” https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/fox-news-fights-coronavirus-misinformation-lawsuit-first-amendment-protects-false-speech/