The same judge as the trial? Talk about the fix is in.
This is a lying “judge.” Tar and feathers are in order.
Thanks Debbie!
This ruling goes against all logic. NBC fired the person responsible. They admitted malice aforethought. Ballots will not fix what’s wrong with this country.
Actual Malice is only required in a case of libel or slander against a “public figure”.
Not surprised. George needs to get on with his life. It seems like the police are leaving him alone and the media has gone on to something else. George needs to go and continue his life out of the limelight. He gave it a try and failed (the lawsuit). Now it is time to close this chapter and start a new one.
It’s malice when they deliberately distorted the facts.
Can a white-Hispanic appeal the ruling?
In the mind of this judge it is necessary for the media to be able to disseminate false information when it supports liberal political agenda, or backs up the purpose of a radical politician; in this case the Obama/Holder cabal.
OK so the key element was acting with malice— got that. But how about a media that materially altered publicly available tapes to influence justice and a locally selected jury. This would be.. what? Not malice, but they first said they didn’t alter then they did— so perjury.
Gotta say that Z is not without flaw, but a citizen is due fair treatment. How different is this than if by some cultural reversal NBC “edited” the facts of a black on white shooting (which all media has been suppressing reportage of, for sometime). This is a litmus strip test of what is happening in the “ruling” media elites and their “consensus” agenda that is NOT the law or the facts. For tv ratings?
Though I despise Judge Nelson, and think she should have recused herself from any case involving Zimmerman, libel law is severely flawed and needs to be changed. Why is evidence of “malice” required under the law, when it is obvious that NBC intended to benefit itself by deliberately and knowingly broadcasting evidence NBC falsified, that exploited and greatly harmed an individual? Did NBC harm Zimmerman or not? If a drunk driver kills someone, is he immune from responsibility because he lacked malicious intent against the victim? The networks made beaucoup money off this case, and had a corrupt interest in hyping it into existence.
I suspect that Nelson is correct that there is no evidence that NBC acted out of malice towards GZ. Absent some sort of “I’m going to get that sucka” declaration, what evidence could there be? I doubt that they felt any. As true believers in PC fantasies, they see perfidy and libel for “the greater good” (as they define it) as altruism, not malice. To NBC staff, GZ was just an opportunity. They could get career points by pursuing NBC’s leftist politics (gun control/anti-self defense/stirring up racist animosity), and promoting the false idea that “whites” hunt down and murder black children. Isn’t presenting sensationalized false information for politics and ratings exactly what NBC, CBS, ABC, etc. do every day?