Mealey's (April 15, 2020, 2:41 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Fox News and others moved April 14 to dismiss a complaint brought by a nonprofit group in a Washington state court, which accuses them of willfully and maliciously spreading false information that the novel coronavirus pandemic is a “hoax” or “conspiracy” and no more dangerous than the flu. The defendants argue that the statements at issue are constitutionally protected free speech that described efforts to politicize the pandemic (Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics v. Fox News et al., No. 20-2-07428-4, Wash. Super., King Co.)....