alt Hacker News> If a humam published an article claiming this exact same thing as gemeni, the author could be sued and have a pretty good case.
Actually, no. If you published an article where you accidentally copypasta'd text from the wrong email (for example) on a busy day and wound up doing the same thing, it would be an honest mistake, you would be expected to put up a correction and move on with your life as a journalist.
Actually, yes. In the US, the 'actual malice' standard only applies to 'public figures'. Outside of that, damaging a person's reputation with false statements is defamation regardless of whether it was due to negligence or malice.