According to an incomplete investigation, more than 60% of the population in New York City are aware of the defamation incident, and at least more than half of the population in the United States have heard of the incident. Among them, the news programs of three major commercial TV stations were reported, and the speeches of the two politicians, the mayor of New York and the mayor of Los Angeles, also played a role in promoting the issue. Obviously, this has become a social discussion issue.

Everyone's attention to the "Evan-Bell Incident" has left the incident itself, and is more concerned with the meaning behind the incident. As William-Wood said, if it were just Craig and Cook alone, he would definitely not have such great energy and could cause this incident so much.[]

The real mastermind behind the scenes should also be included in the news media. The issue of professional ethics and ethics in the news industry has once again become the focus.

At the same time, netizens' blind herd mentality has become a new topic since the 21st century, and the network effect has a significant impact on public opinion. This topic has also become a topic that has been discussed continuously in the next ten years. However, Evan-Bell did not expect that he would become one of the fuses of this topic.

After the truth was revealed, many sociologists joined the discussion, believing that this incident reflects the news media's desire for leaks in the Internet information age, and it is also the increase in the audience's demand for explosive news, as well as the straits of fake online news and the concerns of netizens' lack of recognition ability. There are also various professional fields such as psychologists, legal scholars, and education scholars who have joined the discussion, which has become a social topic.

The name of Evan-Bell, not intended, became the first major case of the network effect's significant impact on public opinion, and even appeared in textbooks later, making everyone laugh and cry.

After the truth was revealed, Evan and Bell just said one thing at the press conference, but it made the entire American public opinion world confused. All the media were even more worried. Studio 11's prosecution of seventy-six media made these media a little at a loss because they had no idea what Studio 11 planned.

You know, the crime of defamation is a harsh crime in the United States.

In the United States, which advocates freedom of speech, every citizen can express his or her own political views freely and criticizes the government's policies for inappropriate. Even if your criticism lacks factual basis or is even completely incorrect, the government will not sue you for defamation.

In theory, if you use inaccurate language to publicly attack others and cause economic or reputational losses to the other party, it constitutes a crime of defamation, but the actual situation is much more complicated than this.

In the United States, there are two types of people who are publicly scolded, and it is difficult for others to sue others for defamation. One is a government civil servant and the other is a celebrity. As a government civil servant, you must endure the pain of being scolded. Even if the other party’s scolding is completely incorrect, you cannot sue the other party for defamation. As a celebrity, the same is true, because as a public figure, the parties involved can only endure the abuse of others. If they sue others because they are scolded, they generally cannot win.

This raises a question: What kind of person can be called a celebrity or a public figure? What are its standards? There seems to be no clear legal provisions. It is said that some cases in the United States show that some judges believe that your name has been reported publicly on the Internet or in the media for three or two times, even if it is a celebrity. Evan and Bell are obviously a celebrity.

In order to maximize the protection of freedom of speech, it is difficult for celebrities to win the lawsuit through legal means when they are attacked or even slandered. The biggest reason for this difficulty is that reports on celebrities are often a stolen view, which is to satisfy the public's right to know and the basic right to freedom of speech.

In the conditions for conviction of defamation, "economic or reputational losses" must be proved.

Economic or reputational losses naturally cannot be uttered without any utterance. For example, someone spreads rumors that the party has an infectious disease or bad habits, which causes the party to lose a job with an annual income of $100,000, and the party has real evidence to sue him for slander. In order to prove that he has suffered economic losses, the party’s personal income may be disclosed: in order to prove his mental loss, the party’s medical expenses may be disclosed, etc. If you do not want to make it public, or if you cannot provide real evidence, it is best not to sue others for slander easily, otherwise it will be useless to spare energy, time and lawyer fees.

Celebrities happen to be unable to present real evidence in this regard. Because as public figures, they are professions under the spotlight, and the "slander" they are all just one of the entertainment effects, and the harm they create cannot be verified at all. For example, public figures raise evidence that they lose an interview opportunity and "interview opportunity" because they slander themselves, such as "interview opportunity", cannot be submitted as evidence. Therefore, it is obviously not a wise act for public figures to use slander to fight the media.

If it is a super big company, after showing the company's determination to hold the company accountable, it will generally relax its attitude towards handling slander incidents. After all, dealing with the media in exchange for benefits is the wise way for the helmsman of the large company. But Studio 11 is to be precise, Evan and Bell. The media really don't know what this teenager will do. Even if he knows that the media's slander cannot be verified, he may still be stubborn with the seventy-six media outlets and make trouble in court until they die. This is absolutely possible.

So, when Evan Bell sued Heidi and Craig Cook's case officially opened in court, the square in front of the court was occupied by more than 100 media, and the seventy-six prosecuted media naturally arrived at the scene.

Everyone knows that after the trial of Heidi, Méng Gomarley and Craig Cook's case was completed, it was the media's turn. Therefore, everyone's attention to the end of this case and the position of Studio Eleven are very eye-catching.

Surprisingly, Heidi, GM, Craig Cook, Evan and Bell all appeared in the court. The media originally speculated that the two of Heidi, GM, and Craig Cook, who were now notorious and everyone was beating, would entrust a lawyer to attend, but they didn't expect that the two of them would appear directly.

The reporters would be concerned about Evan and Bell, but they would not be concerned about Heidi, Gomarley and Craig and Cook. The flash was like a barrel of silver water and poured it on the two of them. In an instant, the day lost its luster and the strong light seized everyone's sight. The two of them lowered their heads and walked through the reporters' group. When they reached the steps at the door, the two stopped and turned around, as if they were about to say something, but the reporters rushed up and countless microphones reached over.

"Méng Gomarley, what do you think of the behavior you deceived everyone?"

"Cook, you planned... this incident, Universal Music Statement will ban you forever, is it true?"

The sound of the dagger swallowed the two of them in an instant. Craig Cook only hesitated for a moment and turned around and walked up the steps. Heidi and Méng Gomarley seemed a little unwilling to give up, but when he saw the fierce attitude in front of him, he couldn't help but retreat, turned around and quickly followed Craig Cook's pace.

When Evan-Bell appeared, all the noise at the scene disappeared, and the reporters fell into silence at the same time, silent, only the sound of the shutter sounded coldly. It was very funny. The media seemed a little guilty, a little scared, and aweful to Evan-Bell. Perhaps, at this moment, the media did realize that their pursuit of interests had hurt Evan-Bell. But this emotion would not last long. What the media was best at was to remove salt from the wound, re-recommended the old things, and choose to forget them. They would eventually block Evan-Bell again and chase Evan-Bell for the sake of news interests.

No matter what happened later, at this moment, the quiet scene was filled with a strange feeling. At least Evan-Bell's powerful aura shocked the audience.

Although Heidi Haugo Marley and Craig Cook's slander are also part of the category of celebrities, there is no difficulty in obtaining evidence. The two suspects joined forces to create bad incidents, which not only involved slander, but also involved fabricating facts, creating perjury, and obstructing government personnel from handling cases. At the same time, Evan-Bell's reputational loss is also obvious: in this case, insulting posts on the media and the Internet can be used as evidence of Evan-Bell's losses and injuries to the two suspects.

Therefore, under the supervision of more than one hundred live audiences and jury, the judge sentenced Heidi Méng Gomarley, Craig Cook to be convicted of defamation, Heidi Méng Gomarley to be punished by Evan Bell for one million dollars, and ten months in prison: Craig Cook to be charged with Evan Bell for five million dollars, and twenty-four months in prison.

After leaving the court, at the door, Heidi, Gomarley, Craig Cook and Evan Bell were surrounded by more than a hundred media outlets and had nowhere to escape.

Heidi subconsciously lowered her head and hid behind her. It seemed that the media would not capture her image, but from time to time she would still sneak a glance at the media and the people next to her with her eyes. She still held a glimmer of hope that she could gain everyone's sympathy to escape the charge. Unfortunately, all fantasies are now vain.

Craig Cookyin had a calm face and tried to find a way to break out, but failed. The thinning eyes stared at Evan-Bell fiercely. He and Evan-Bell were now dying and had no room for soothing.

At this time, Teddy, Bell, Eden and Hudson were intercepting reporters who kept rushing forward. These memories were anxious to know whether the position of the 11th Work Banquet would be prosecuted in the name of defamation.

Evan Bell stood behind, looking at the countless microphones in front of him, and before he could think of how to speak, he saw Craig Cook, who had come out one step ahead of him. The anger suppressed in his heart during this period finally found the outlet of venting. He stepped forward and his right fist, which was big in the bowl, swung down Craig Cook's pale cheeks fiercely.

One punch, another punch, another punch. Craig and Cook, who had no power of backhand, fell down in response.

All the sounds at the scene disappeared suddenly, and there was silence...
Chapter completed!