July 2024

Fox News Dismissed from Lawsuit in Less Than 90 Days with Public Apology

By Reid Pillifant

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter July 2024

Garcia’s counsel publicly pilloried Fox—the first named defendant in the case—for its supposedly shoddy journalism. There was just one problem: Fox News Network had been careful not to publish Garcia’s image before it could be verified. As a result, Fox never published Garcia’s image.

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