Posted on 02/04/2019 3:07:47 PM PST by Texas Fossil
In the wake of a short, out-of-context video put up on Twitter about a confrontation after the Jan. 18 March for Life, pretty much everyone in the media and politics decided to condemn a group of minors from Covington Catholic High School.
And then the facts started coming in.
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, over 50 individuals who went after the Covington kids and didn’t retract their statements will potentially find themselves in court after lawyers for the most visible of the students “sent letters to media outlets, individual journalists, celebrities and Catholic organizations as the first step in possible libel and defamation lawsuits.”
The letter from lawyers representing high school junior Nick Sandmann were sent to individuals/organizations ranging “from presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren to actress Alyssa Milano; individual journalists including Maggie Haberman, Ana Cabrera, David Brooks; national media outlets like the The New York Times, CNN, GQ and TMZ; and the dioceses of Covington and Lexington as well as the archdioceses of Louisville and Baltimore.”
“The legal counsel representing Nick and his family, Todd McMurtry and experienced libel/defamation lawyer L. Lin Wood of Atlanta, have said they will seek justice for the harm allegedly done to the teen,” the paper reported.
Others who will likely be included in the suit will be NBC’s Chuck Todd, Newsweek writer/full-time weirdo Kurt Eichenwald, Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, MSNBC host Joy Reid and actor/newly minted socialist Jim Carrey.
HBO host Bill Maher, who called Sandmann a “little p***k” who made a “d*** move at any age,” is also among the possible targets.
“They know they crossed the line,” McMurtry told the Enquirer. “Do they want 12 people in Kentucky to decide their fate? I don’t think so.”
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I think that only covers utterances made on the floor of the House.
“Those bastards” INCLUDES the “media”
I hope you are right. It is far past time for someone to be taken out back for doing this crap.
Jail time is the only thing that will finally get the point across to these vermin.
Thank God push back time is finally here. Next comes the Yellow Vests in DC!! It’s Karma time.
Marxist Liberals and GOP Elites pushed too far, too long, and pissed off too many millions of people.
“My gut tells me that the lead attorney in this smells blood in the water. And he is evidently a Big Shark”
Any and all settlements reached will simply allow the offending enemy propagandists to claim victory for having successfully paid for their advertising against Trump and America, without having to issue a real apology and admit guilt afterward.
Great to see that he has a top libel lawyer. This is an important case, not only for the kid(s) involved, but to send a message in this current environment of “attack for political/social points”, just because it supports your beliefs or agenda.
The media clowns should be penalized for this obvious deviation from their so called professional ethics (lol). Perhaps some massive penalties will help send a corrective message, though I wonder if they’re too poisoned to accept the lesson.
Love Love love this...
This is a Kentucky specific law their suit under sport. The George Mason case was under different jurisdiction. But thanks for playing
““When there is a defamation and libel of private citizens, particularly minors, then the legal standard goes way down,” Barnes said. “So you no longer have to prove actual malice or malevolent intent. All you have to prove is that a false statement was made — or in Kentucky, the law is even broader, ‘an unflattering impression given and a person’s impression in a false light’ — and otherwise … that it just be negligent to do so.”
And you can bet they will bring the charges in Kentucky. Imagine what a local jury will feel about this.”
i don’t see how the defendants won’t force this be moved into Federal court since the defamation occurred between parties in different states ..
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