Hillary Clinton criticized Fox News' recent coverage of her amid claims that she organized a conspiracy to spy on Trump. Clinton said Fox was "getting awfully close to actual malice in their attacks." Clinton went so far as to accuse Fox of brushing up on the line of actual malice, an important legal distinction in defamation law. As an aside, they're getting awfully close to actual malice in their attacks." Clinton's line about actual malice comes from a landmark 1964 Supreme Court decision, which set out specific tests for when a public official could make a successful defamation claim.
Source: Fox News February 18, 2022 04:59 UTC