Amazonian tribe that received Starlink satellite internet sues The New York Times, TMZ, and Yahoo for $180M over defamation and more, claiming a viral 2024 NYT story smeared members as porn addicts.
The one elder quoted in the original NYT article does. Which is why it was reported. The NYT article wasn't salacious but once TMZ got 'hold of it, well.
While I knew since last year the the story was fake (and I had random people mention it to me on online games when they learned I was Brazilian), I'm also skeptical that this story alone was all it needed to kill that guy's company.
Wasn't there a standard before that got superseded or derogated by some other new law basically allowing this... you can lie with no consequences in your articles and news? and I'm talking about the US back in the 90's I believe
Not to mention that plan and engagement of the NYT story is purely based on writers and potential readers relating to such fact, behave as if it is something worth of mentioning in a story in the first place borders hypocrisy... they forgot their first time got access to unlimited internet