If the Supreme Court would overturn, or at least weaken,
New York Times Company v. Sullivan, a lot of this crap would stop in an instant.
Right now the media hides behind it for protection.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill