No, the LAST thing a media company would EVER want to do in this situation is pay money. PERIOD. It sets a precedent that ALL media companies are now going to be saddled with. The only reason why they settled is because they knew they were going to get fucked.
And rightfully so.
Companies settle these nuisance lawsuits all the time, because it's cheaper than litigating them.
Smirky McBitchslap's lawyers got a payday.. that was it.
Not media companies. Trot out links to one other defamation lawsuit being settled.
We'll wait.