George Zimmerman loses defamation suit against NBC. Why?

A Florida judge ruled Monday that George Zimmerman has no right to damages from NBC for defamation of character, because he failed to prove that the network had acted with malicious intent – the standard required to prevail in a libel suit involving a public figure.

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