• vortic@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    You’re right, it does. He’s pretty unlikely to win in court, but lawyers are expensive. I expect they’ll reach a settlement just to avoid paying lawyers. Journalists aren’t known for having deep pockets to pay legal fees, unfortunately.

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      4 months ago

      You just brought that up and I did a quick search says that Mississippi does not have any anti-SLAPP laws… That blows…