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Covington student sues Washington Post for $250 million
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Your hypocrisy has never known any boundsHHusky said:
Don't be a snowflake.RaceBannon said:
The opinion has nothing to do with how the kids were treatedHHusky said:
You should read the opinion. You might learn something.RaceBannon said:I'm hearing they told the kid to go back where he came from
The civility of the left on full display
Keep deflecting from the type of fake reporting that put their life in danger -
I just thought we were concerned about putting people's lives in dangerGrundleStiltzkin said:
Race is poking sticks, but he’s right too. That story had no business being covered by reputable media, except as perhaps a “here’s what social media didn’t show you” story. Instead they let the mob yank them along by the nosering. Complete malpractice of journalism.HHusky said:
Don't be a snowflake.RaceBannon said:
The opinion has nothing to do with how the kids were treatedHHusky said:
You should read the opinion. You might learn something.RaceBannon said:I'm hearing they told the kid to go back where he came from
The civility of the left on full display
Keep deflecting from the type of fake reporting that put their life in danger
These kids don't even get 24 hour armed federal protection -
Shitty journalism isn’t actionable. And the right should be thankful for that as much as the left should.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Race is poking sticks, but he’s right too. That story had no business being covered by reputable media, except as perhaps a “here’s what social media didn’t show you” story. Instead they let the mob yank them along by the nosering. Complete malpractice of journalism.HHusky said:
Don't be a snowflake.RaceBannon said:
The opinion has nothing to do with how the kids were treatedHHusky said:
You should read the opinion. You might learn something.RaceBannon said:I'm hearing they told the kid to go back where he came from
The civility of the left on full display
Keep deflecting from the type of fake reporting that put their life in danger
My impression reading the complaint was that the lawyers involved were more interested in being culture warriors than in competently evaluating whether they really had a defamation case. It was much too filled with their words and too little filled with anything the WaPo had actually said. I don’t know about the remaining cases because I haven’t read the pleadings.
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That’s not what I said there. As far as the legal case, I’m glad they brought it but I always knew it would be difficult. Libel always is. But it was interesting from the beginning there was no basis to say the kid was a public figure. Usually that makes most claims of libel tossed around unactionable at all. Also agree with you on primary motivation of the attorneys.HHusky said:
Shitty journalism isn’t actionable. And the right should be thankful for that as much as the left should.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Race is poking sticks, but he’s right too. That story had no business being covered by reputable media, except as perhaps a “here’s what social media didn’t show you” story. Instead they let the mob yank them along by the nosering. Complete malpractice of journalism.HHusky said:
Don't be a snowflake.RaceBannon said:
The opinion has nothing to do with how the kids were treatedHHusky said:
You should read the opinion. You might learn something.RaceBannon said:I'm hearing they told the kid to go back where he came from
The civility of the left on full display
Keep deflecting from the type of fake reporting that put their life in danger
My impression reading the complaint was that the lawyers involved were more interested in being culture warriors than in competently evaluating whether they really had a defamation case. It was much too filled with their words and too little filled with anything the WaPo had actually said. I don’t know about the remaining cases because I haven’t read the pleadings.
All that being said, the MSM (hate that term but it’s short) rushed into a nonevent, reporting too quickly and sacrificing credibility based on nothing more than a snotty smirk. No readily apparent crime, no public figures involved, nothing to command front page urgency but the mob. Truly shameful. -
The public square is a messy place. There's Injuns and stuff. They could have stayed in Hooterville instead of traveling to DC to participate in a fetus fetish rally. Let's be a little less drama queen and a lot less naïve.RaceBannon said:
I just thought we were concerned about putting people's lives in dangerGrundleStiltzkin said:
Race is poking sticks, but he’s right too. That story had no business being covered by reputable media, except as perhaps a “here’s what social media didn’t show you” story. Instead they let the mob yank them along by the nosering. Complete malpractice of journalism.HHusky said:
Don't be a snowflake.RaceBannon said:
The opinion has nothing to do with how the kids were treatedHHusky said:
You should read the opinion. You might learn something.RaceBannon said:I'm hearing they told the kid to go back where he came from
The civility of the left on full display
Keep deflecting from the type of fake reporting that put their life in danger
These kids don't even get 24 hour armed federal protection -
The judge was very through. The claim was defamation. There really wasn't anything there. The whole thing may have been a non-event, I agree, but it happened in the public square where everyone involved chose to be.GrundleStiltzkin said:
That’s not what I said there. As far as the legal case, I’m glad they brought it but I always knew it would be difficult. Libel always is. But it was interesting from the beginning there was no basis to say the kid was a public figure. Usually that makes most claims of libel tossed around unactionable at all. Also agree with you on primary motivation of the attorneys.HHusky said:
Shitty journalism isn’t actionable. And the right should be thankful for that as much as the left should.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Race is poking sticks, but he’s right too. That story had no business being covered by reputable media, except as perhaps a “here’s what social media didn’t show you” story. Instead they let the mob yank them along by the nosering. Complete malpractice of journalism.HHusky said:
Don't be a snowflake.RaceBannon said:
The opinion has nothing to do with how the kids were treatedHHusky said:
You should read the opinion. You might learn something.RaceBannon said:I'm hearing they told the kid to go back where he came from
The civility of the left on full display
Keep deflecting from the type of fake reporting that put their life in danger
My impression reading the complaint was that the lawyers involved were more interested in being culture warriors than in competently evaluating whether they really had a defamation case. It was much too filled with their words and too little filled with anything the WaPo had actually said. I don’t know about the remaining cases because I haven’t read the pleadings.
All that being said, the MSM (hate that term but it’s short) rushed into a nonevent, reporting too quickly and sacrificing credibility based on nothing more than a snotty smirk. No readily apparent crime, no public figures involved, nothing to command front page urgency but the mob. Truly shameful.
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Keep walking into the wallHHusky said:
The public square is a messy place. There's Injuns and stuff. They could have stayed in Hooterville instead of traveling to DC to participate in a fetus fetish rally. Let's be a little less drama queen and a lot less naïve.RaceBannon said:
I just thought we were concerned about putting people's lives in dangerGrundleStiltzkin said:
Race is poking sticks, but he’s right too. That story had no business being covered by reputable media, except as perhaps a “here’s what social media didn’t show you” story. Instead they let the mob yank them along by the nosering. Complete malpractice of journalism.HHusky said:
Don't be a snowflake.RaceBannon said:
The opinion has nothing to do with how the kids were treatedHHusky said:
You should read the opinion. You might learn something.RaceBannon said:I'm hearing they told the kid to go back where he came from
The civility of the left on full display
Keep deflecting from the type of fake reporting that put their life in danger
These kids don't even get 24 hour armed federal protection
Is the Squad in the public square?
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Yes.RaceBannon said:
Keep walking into the wallHHusky said:
The public square is a messy place. There's Injuns and stuff. They could have stayed in Hooterville instead of traveling to DC to participate in a fetus fetish rally. Let's be a little less drama queen and a lot less naïve.RaceBannon said:
I just thought we were concerned about putting people's lives in dangerGrundleStiltzkin said:
Race is poking sticks, but he’s right too. That story had no business being covered by reputable media, except as perhaps a “here’s what social media didn’t show you” story. Instead they let the mob yank them along by the nosering. Complete malpractice of journalism.HHusky said:
Don't be a snowflake.RaceBannon said:
The opinion has nothing to do with how the kids were treatedHHusky said:
You should read the opinion. You might learn something.RaceBannon said:I'm hearing they told the kid to go back where he came from
The civility of the left on full display
Keep deflecting from the type of fake reporting that put their life in danger
These kids don't even get 24 hour armed federal protection
Is the Squad in the public square? -
Btw, I looked and I would say the CNN complaint suffers from most of the same short comings as the WaPo complaint, but there are a few specific alleged statements of CNN personnel that arguably make it a little better from the plaintiff’s perspective. The CNN complaint might survive a motion to dismiss. We’ll see.
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And the NBC complaint looks an awful lot like the WaPo complaint to me. So I’d guess that NBC will probably get out on a motion to dismiss.
