[Las Vegas Ron]

I'll have to read the links you sent, I'm not familiar with the cases you site.

I do remember the kerfuffle with Las Vegas Review Journal and a few other sources but IIRC they were copy write cases and they lost?

Are these the same?

[Darksheare]

This was actually Canada specific.
Free Dominion was our Canadian sister site.
The left used the “open” libel law there to shut down the discussion board.
The news sites they were discussing?
Nope.