Media Loses Trial Motion [semi-satire]

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 4 October 2020 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

The motion to have former Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann's defamation lawsuit against the NY Times, Rolling Stone, ABC, & CBS dismissed was denied by the court. A previous motion by NBC was also denied. And the Washington Post has already settled the case against it by paying an undisclosed amount in damages.

Lawyers for the Times called the latest ruling "out of step with modern libel laws. It has been a well-established principle that when the alleged victim is a public figure he must prove malice motivated the inaccurate media reporting and the derogatory statements made about that public figure. Sandmann's attorney is passing him off as a private individual rather than the public figure that our reporting made him into. This is manifestly unfair."

"Let's not forget that Mr. Sandmann affronted public sensibilities by wearing a MAGA hat in a public space," said Times' attorney John Law. "This 'badge of infamy' identified the young Sandmann as an enemy of society and a provocateur. The people, like native American Nathan Phillips, were triggered by this intrusion into their space. The Times and others rightly did everything they could think of to rescue these triggered victims from the baleful indignities being inflicted on them by the now notorious Mr. Sandmann. That the Times and other media made unsubstantiated accusations and insinuations against Mr. Sandmann may be unfortunate, but they weren't malicious. We're confident that the slew of new judges that will be added to the courts by President Biden next year will reverse the court decision rendered today."

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