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Judge dismisses Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against Wall Street Journal
A federal judge on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the paper's reporting on a birthday letter Trump allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein.[5, 8, 9 +1] U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, according to a court filing.[10, 15, 18] It was Trump's second attempt this year to sue the paper over the story, and the suit concerned an article about a birthday note to Epstein sent more than two decades ago.[6, 8, 13]
Why it matters The dismissal was with prejudice, meaning the $10 billion lawsuit cannot be filed again.[9, 10, 18]
Covered by The New York Times, NBC News, The Wall Street Journal and 24 more
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How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 23 rated outlets that covered it, 6 are left of center, 12 are center and 5 are right of center (3 of them in the Right group). 4 more are not rated.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: HuffPost (−1.06), Raw Story (−0.94), MS NOW (−0.76), The New York Times (−0.70), NPR (−0.68), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: NBC News (−0.49), PBS NewsHour (−0.48), Newsweek (−0.30), ABC News (−0.19), CBS News (−0.14), Axios (−0.05), Mediaite (+0.04), Yahoo News (+0.07), Bloomberg (+0.08), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17), CNBC (+0.40).
- Leans right: The Wall Street Journal (+0.63), Reason (+0.94).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Washington Examiner (+1.34), The Daily Caller (+1.91).
Not rated Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, Sky News, BBC News. Not placed: they have no lean score.
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