Alt-title: "I regret not endorsing Trump's election lies".

subjecting news outlets to the prospect of outsize liability whenever they report on newsworthy allegations that turn out to be false

Motherfucker, everybody knew the claims were false! YOU knew! If you don't think Murdoch or other Fox organizational mechanisms had an obligation to step in after reviewing proposed teleprompter transcripts from people who genuinely may be too stupid to parse fact from fiction (looking at you, Dobbs, Bartiromo, Hannity, Watters, Pirro), then that's because you're stupid. But you're not stupid, Bill! You're fucking bad-faithing it. The slandering of Dominion and SmartMatic extended FAR after your little DoJ investigations of nothing had finished up.

It wasn't like pundits were saying "Donald Trump claims the election was stolen", they were saying "THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN!". This is so fucking simple, Bill.

And you're absolutely right, this is EXACTLY like when he wrote an article savaging the Mueller investigation that landed him the Trump AG role. And then famously mischaracterized the results of the Mueller investigation, according to Mueller.

Since J6, I think Trump has managed to dissolve many people's last remaining shred of dignity. There is now no bridge too far for folks like Billy Barr.

Meanwhile, Merrick Garland cosplays Butters from South Park. "W-w-w-w-w--w-w-well but I, I-I-I-I-I don't wanna b-be called p-p-p-pol-political". Dude there is nothing you can do to elevate your standing among fascists if you're not fully on board with their bullshit or staying completely silent. It's damned if you do, damned if you don't. Prosecuting even low-level J6 offenders was more than enough to put you in the "not fully on board with their bullshit" camp.

edit: do NOT go the WSJ article's comments section. WSJ subscribers are supposed to be the most sophisticated and intellectual people in the conservative movement! They are lost.