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OAN Loses Appeal in Defamation Suit Against Rachel Maddow

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAn appeals court on Tuesday threw out a defamation lawsuit that accused Rachel Maddow of defaming One America News by calling the network “paid Russian propaganda.”The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal held that Maddow’s commentary was protected by the First Amendment, as she was simply offering her opinion based on a Daily Beast story that revealed that one of OAN’s contributors had previously written for Sputnik News, a Russian state-backed outlet.“A reasonable viewer would be able to differentiate between Maddow’s commentary and the actual news she is reporting,” wrote Judge Milan D.

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