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    How Substack's legal defence won a veteran reporter's $1 million defamation fight
    August 10, 2026
    5 min read
    Lucy Hall
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    How Substack's legal defence won a veteran reporter's $1 million defamation fight

    Jeff Stein faced financial ruin when a Trump official sued him for reporting the truth. His case reveals why legal support is becoming the deciding factor in whether independent journalists can survive doing their job.

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