I'm not sure why but your reply seems to have disappeared on me. But I saw it flash up. Just Reddit being weird I guess. In any case, rebuttals to both of the cases you bought up:
CC Wing vs. ABC: See below. The judge found that the media outlet was unable to substantiate their truth defense (i.e. they were unable to prove it). Completely flies against your claim that the truth defense does not always apply. It applies just fine, but you need to be able to prove it.
Quote: "Justice Rares said the particulars pleaded by the media outlets "cannot reasonably support their plea of truth"".