Only if the news media can convince the court that the person being lied about is a "Public Figure".  The recent Rolling Stones loss about the bogus rape story at the University of Virginia came out on her side because the jury found "actual malice" by Rolling Stones

"Eramo had to prove that Rolling Stone statements about her made her appear “odious, infamous or ridiculous” and that the magazine acted with “actual malice,” meaning it knew that what it was writing about her was false or should have known it was false."