re: #305 Anymouse 🌹

Coal-mining magnate Robert Murray sues John Oliver for “character assassination” after Oliver did a segment on coal mine safety. He predicted Murray would sue him.

thedailybeast.com

(more at Daily Beast)

I watched the episode the other day. Murray is at least a quasi-public person with respect to the coal industry (he’s appeared on television multiple times to speak about issues); which means he’s going to have to reach the standard of actual malice to win. That means he has to prove that Oliver knew (or should have known) something he said was false and still went ahead with reckless disregard for the truth. There was nothing I saw that gets to that level. Almost everything Oliver said was backed up by actual public statements by Murray.