Stossel objected to labels on two videos he posted on Facebook, including one in which he said “bad policies” were the biggest cause of California’s devastating wildfires of 2020.
A TV journalist’s lawsuit alleging he was defamed by Facebook fact-checking labels was dismissed this week by a federal judge in San Jose.
A small label that Facebook placed at the top of the video frame had the text “Missing Context: Independent fact-checkers say the information could mislead people.” A button below labeled “see why” took readers to more information, including a page on the website of fact-checker Science Feedback about wildfires and climate change.
First, the judgment of the fact-checkers is subjective and therefore not an “actionable statement” in relation to a defamation claim. Stossel, 75, is best-known for his long tenure on ABC’s “20/20” news show. He left for the Fox Business Network in 2009 and since 2019 has run his own online channel, Stossel TV, which takes a libertarian view of news and political issues.Besides the wildfire video, Facebook placed a fact-checking label on a 2021 video report in which Stossel questioned claims by people he referred to as “environmental alarmists.
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