Posted on 02/11/2023 12:59:22 PM PST by fluorescence
When Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida convened a round-table discussion about the news media this week, he spared no effort to play the part, perching at a faux anchor’s desk in front of a wall of video screens while firing questions to his guests like a seasoned cable TV host.
But the panel’s message was as notable as its slick presentation: Over the course of an hour, Mr. DeSantis and his guests laid out a detailed case for revisiting a landmark Supreme Court decision protecting the press from defamation lawsuits.
Mr. DeSantis is the latest figure, and among the most influential, to join a growing list of Republicans calling on the court to revisit the 1964 ruling, known as The New York Times Company v. Sullivan.
But emboldened by the Supreme Court’s recent willingness to overturn longstanding precedent, conservative lawyers, judges, legal scholars and politicians have been leading a charge to review the decision and either narrow it or overturn it entirely.
Under Sullivan, public figures who sue for defamation must show not only that a report contained false and damaging information, but also that its publisher acted with “actual malice” by knowing that the report was false or by recklessly disregarding the truth.
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During the panel discussion on Tuesday, Mr. DeSantis accused the press of using Sullivan as a shield to intentionally “smear” politicians and said the precedent discouraged people from running for office.
Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment lawyer who represented The Times in the Pentagon Papers case in the early 1970s, said there was “a growing sense in the conservative community that this is their day to set aside New York Times v. Sullivan.”
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“Essentially what they’re saying is that they want to crack down on American journalism,” he said.
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The left wants free speech for propaganda, but not for the truth. Just like the two-tiered justice system.
Stop it, Governor DeSantis! Just stop it! Stop destroying liberal institutions!
You're making Trump look bad.
😂
” DeSantis is a Wall Street globalist. You just don’t know it yet.”
ROTFLMAOA!
Your fake posts are not helping Trump. Just reminding everyone about Trump’s lack of control.
Is the Times trying to protect its right to continue to say “false” claims of election fraud?
“DeSantis should also go for tort reform while he is at it. “
He has!!!
“None so blind as those who will not see.”
We see right through your fake posts.
Edited for clarity.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
For now, you fall into the middle category.
New York Times Hires Buzzfeed Lead Reporter on Steele Dossier [Ken Bensinger] to Cover ‘Right-Wing Media’
August 18, 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4086875/posts
The New York Times announced Thursday that it has hired Buzzfeed News’s Ken Bensinger to “pioneer a new beat” covering right-wing media — the same Ken Bensinger, the Times omits in its announcement, who first reported the Steele Dossier...
...The [coming-out] statement [for Ken the Fabulist] provides an exhaustive list of topics and stories Bensinger has covered — from campaign finance, to “political disinformation,” to the Oath Keepers’ finances.
Curiously absent, however, is any mention of Bensinger being the lead reporter on the uncritical Buzzfeed story that injected the infamous Steele Dossier into the public conversation in 2017, with the headline: “These Reports Allege Trump Has Deep Ties To Russia.”
The Dossier was eventually revealed to be full of false information, after it was used as the basis for the “Russia collusion” investigation that consumed the majority of former President Donald Trump’s term, ultimately proving to be a hoax.
Bensinger never reported any follow-up stories on the topic of the Dossier, according to his byline on Buzzfeed, after it was confirmed to be disinformation.
The bulk of his work following that story focused on foreign workers being employed at Trump properties.
But …the NYT is pointing out what a good Republican he is. The Times would never promote a Republican. Why would the Times like a Republican?
Humorous the Nazi Times is concerned about 1A as it is complicit in the Orwellian Woke agenda
News reporting is one thing, what we’ve been seeing the last 20 years or so is basically opinion editorials. It’s not enough that a journalist wants to cover news events but they ALL desire to express their own personal little editorial opinions... which is not news reporting.
why do you hate desantis?...
“You can’t see reality, for if you could, you would see that I am correct.”
Your reality is baseless attacks you can’t substantiate.
>> I almost hope you foolish people get your wish
In this regard, the Establishment is much like a drug to an addict — the peace of mind they’re after — the illusion of conservatism in action dispensed in a well-crafted stream of Kabuki where our Conservative heroes rout the Rat villains. They’re hungry for the next episode too fatigued by the reality of the necessary dirty work.
>> the NYT is pointing out what a good Republican he is
The third glowing report I’ve noticed in the last 48 hours. Crazy, eh?
+1
Exactly. Most folks don’t know the difference between their own opinions and somebody elses anymore.
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