You're human, barely. I'm a lawyer.

I know a lot about the lawn, various other loyarrings. I'm well-educated, well-versed.

It's a thorny legal issue, alright. I'll need to refer to the case of Finders vs. Keepers.

Isn't it true that you have been paid for your testimony? Yes, you gave me a dollar and some candy.

And you have been said, well, I told you to say, how can any of us trust you?

How can you be so sure? Because I was saying to myself, where could he be going?

Five to seven with that sawdust shop, but...

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Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments. This is episode 657. Those numbers are turning fast.

And I'm Thomas, person. That's Andrew Torres, lawyer. How you doing?

I am fantastic, still riding the high of all the good news we've been able to report over the past couple of days.

Yeah, fun, fun couple episodes here.

And I got another fun one. This is drawing together a lot of stuff.

Do not take legal advice from a podcast. I'm a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer.

But you know, answer some questions that people have about, you know, imagine you're us.

Occasionally, occasionally break news. You'd like to have long-form journalism where you're emphasizing certain aspects

of the world. You're not moving into the weeds. How do you do that against a public figure in such a way that does not expose you to a serious risk of a legitimate defamation loss?

Ah, okay. So you're saying like when there's incomplete information, but you still need to break news, how do you not defame somebody accidentally kind of thing?

Exactly right. Yeah. What kind of things do you do?

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