People are constantly suing for defamation [1].

The Jones trials entered the public imagination because he's a character and his defense was clownishly incompetent in a way that takes no legal training to laugh at.

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-05/alex-jone...

> are we holding all news to the same account regarding deliberate lying for profit?

Yes.

You can sue news media companies under the same laws Alex Jones was sued. People do it all the time.

> are we holding all news to the same account regarding deliberate lying for profit?

>i hate double standards

Aren't we? Please provide examples of actual defamation (i.e., lies that were known to be lies, that caused damage to the subject of those lies) that haven't been the subject of legal proceedings?

Edit: Changed "libel" to "defamation" to be more inclusive as to give you more opportunity to provide examples.

Is this a cable news doesn't lie pitch? Or is this just another 1sideism?

"But whatabout..."

Yes, we should everyone accountable for slander & libel. Even journalists.