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  "description": "Murder the Truth is another entry in a line of books illustrating the ways in which immense wealth has warped the foundations of American society. We all watch in horror as things bend, fold in and wonder when, just when, it all snaps. The influence that wealth provides manifests itself in myriad different ways but, in this case, it's used in the pursuit of attacking journalists and burying the truth. David Enrich has not only done his research, he's lived through exactly what this book covers. He presents case after case, tracing a thread through them, of powerful interests focused in on upsetting the precedent set in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan . We, as a society, have benefitted from journalists holding power to account and are now living through a period in which they are under attack whenever they attract the attention of anyone with the money to weaponize the legal system against them. Enrich doesn't have a solution here, but he does raise the alarm. Journalists should be paid more but have seen the enterprises that employ them robbed of revenue by tech platforms. In many cases, tech founders then turn around and attack the journalistic institutions they impoverished for having the temerity to report on any number of misdeeds. Journalists shouldn't need exorbitantly expensive libel insurance. We should be championing a free press but, instead, it's under attack from all sides.",
  "path": "/reading/books/9780063433038/murder-the-truth",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T00:00:00Z",
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  "tags": [
    "journalism",
    "politics",
    "history",
    "nonfiction"
  ],
  "title": "Murder the Truth"
}