Compliments of [All things STUPID about the news]:

ABC News | CBS News | CNN | Fox News | MS NOW | NBC News

They are all valued tools (get out of jail free card) America’s news industry and its journalists use to shirk and/or out-muscle America’s justice system. I’d imagine most Americans cannot fully wrap their heads around the gravity with which America’s news industry sidesteps the wrongdoings it ought to be held accountable for.

Protection of Sources | Shield Law | Reporter’s Privilege:

Some Egregious Mainstream Media Lies of the Past: “CNN reaches $5M settlement with US Navy veteran in defamation case” | And this, “NBC’s Brian Williams Forced to Admit His Tale of Being on a Downed Helicopter in Iraq Was Pure Fantasy” | And this, the so-called “uterus collector” “MSNBC Settles Defamation Case”

This may also interest you: What Is Mainstream Media? | And this, “Number of jailed journalists spikes to new global record” | And lastly, this, a ChatGPT Extraction, “Why doesn’t the U.S. government ever investigate the mainstream media for illegal snooping?” (PDF)