libel
1) n. to publish in print (including pictures), writing or broadcast through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to that person or his/her reputation, by tending to bring the target into ridicule, hatred, scorn or contempt of others. Libel is the written or broadcast form of defamation, distinguished from slander which is oral defamation. It is a tort (civil wrong) making the person or entity (like a newspaper, magazine or political organization) open to a lawsuit for damages by the person who can prove the statement about him/her was a lie.
https:// legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/libel
The MSM basically gets away with making untrue statements about anyone they want in order to bring the target into ridicule, hatred, scorn or contempt of others. These days, it seems just being accused of something makes you guilty. Look at the Huffington POS liberal rag, they do it constantly along with CNN et al.