(The Hill) Liberty University announced that it has sued The New York Times for defamation, accusing the newspaper of being factually incorrect in reporting regarding students on campus testing positive for COVID-19 in late March during the early stages of the pandemic.
The March 29 story in question from the Times, “Liberty University Brings Back Its Students, and Coronavirus Fears, Too,” reported that about 12 students “were sick with symptoms that suggested Covid-19,” which the university vehemently calls false.
“There was never an on-campus student diagnosed with COVID-19,” Liberty, a private evangelical Christian school, said in the $10 million suit while filed Wednesday, accusing the Times of “clickbait.”