2016 Postmortem

It's nearly impossible for politicians to sue for slander, and people in the media know it. If a corporation or businessman was slandered in similar ways, the media outlet might get successfully sued.

I'm not sure what can be done about it. I used to think bringing back The Fairness Doctrine would help, but that's more about giving an opposition party the right to reply.

The main problem is lack of honesty, however. I truly don't mind if part of the media is strongly conservative if they made a real effort to be honest... or face consequences where it hurts them the most (money).