The “protection” they have is judge-proclaimed protection from legal liability for false “reports”.
IMHO, it is past time to restore the incentive for truthful “reporting” that used to be provided by large financial payments to victims of smears and “hit-jobs”.
Out of all the Press in America Les than 1% is REAL, unbiased Press.
Does anyone know if a citizen can file suit against BuzzFeed for printing what they knew was a lie? Every American is being harmed by the lying press.