>Does freedom of the press include the freedom to lie?
Sure does.
Funny, archive.is won't let me archive the bloomberg article regarding Schneiderman's victims' lawyer "detailing" Schneiderman's abuse back in 2013 to COHEN. archive.is gives "terms of service violation" when trying to archive. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-12/trump-schneiderman-feud-puts-sexual-assault-claims-in-new-light
Victims' lawyer didn't want to go to NY DA because he knew how corrupt it all was. Instead, they reached out to Trump/Cohen because they thought DJT was running for NY Gov.