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human
ELI5: Why publications like "The National Enquirer" can get away with printing outrageous stories and false information.

I just don't get it, doesn't it violate defamation laws or something?
gpt
The formation of the United States was rebellion against the King of England.  These founding fathers, who had just won independence from a country ruled by a single monarch who could do whatever he wanted, wanted to be sure that their new country was a land of the free and nobody's right to say (and do) pretty much whatever they wanted would be infringed upon.

This philosophy is nicely shown by a comparison of how the law works. In the US if you feel someone committed libel against you you have to prove that what they said is untrue.  In an older country like France if you feel someone committed libel against you the burden of proof is on them to be able to prove what they said is indeed true.  They take their insults much more seriously.