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"textContent": "Writing that the “gist” of ESPN’s reporting last year on workplace investigations into former Stanford head football coach Troy Taylor was “substantially true,” a federal judge this week dismissed Taylor’s defamation lawsuit against ESPN. The ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi is a reminder that media companies in the modern era are afforded […]",
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