Anderson lied through his teeth at the Carlson deposition and the only thing that allowed him to do it with impunity is that popular public opinion gave him carte blanche to do exactly that. Popular public opinion is rarely correct.....especially when that opinion is formed by preying on emotions. 

In case you did not know, the lawyer work pool in America is saturated to the point to where the law firm my mother works for turns down lawyers applying for paralegal positions on a near daily basis. Anderson may have initially prosecuted a few legit cases, but in the end, he found a soft spot in the minds of the public, and he preyed upon it with amped up hyperbole  for his own benefit......as any ambulance chasing tort attorney would do in the American legal system. That same practice would not last 5 minutes in the British system, or just about any other tort system in the world.