date:Nov 09, 2012
ABC News has filed a motion to dismiss a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit brought in September by Beef Products Inc., the South Dakota-based specialty processor, over news coverage of Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), better known as pink slime.
The lawsuit claimed that in more than 200 statements, the news organizations coverage of the controversy over LFTB damaged the company by misleading consumers into believing the product is unhealthy and unsafe.
The damaged part is not in dispute; the mi