I agree that "suing journalists" is scary, as the author says. But "media watch" is not "journalists", it's an NGO.
The other side of the story is that this is intimidation and fraud, thus, it's not protected by free speech:
1. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1725771191644758037
2. https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1726653530218619018
3. https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1726671127840493811