2025-02-24 12:30:58

NBC Settles $30M Defamation Lawsuit After Fake News About Doctor At ICE Facilities

NBCUniversal settled a $30 million defamation lawsuit after several of the network’s biggest hosts falsely accused a Georgia doctor of unnecessarily — and without authorization — performing hysterectomies on illegal immigrants in an ICE facility. NBCUniversal reporters Julia Ainsley, Jacob Soboroff and Danielle Silva published an article in 2020 based on claims by whistleblower Dawn […]
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