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CNN's Stelter accused of breaching network's confidentiality agreement with Sandmann: 'May cost him his job'
Fox News ^ | 7/27/2020 | Joseph Wolfsohn

Posted on 07/28/2020 11:52:33 AM PDT by Signalman

CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter may have landed himself in hot water, according to the attorney of Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann.

Last week, Sandmann announced that The Washington Post settled the $250 million defamation lawsuit he filed over its botched coverage of a viral confrontation with a Native American elder who had portrayed the Kentucky teen as the aggressor. This followed the multimillion dollar settlement agreement CNN reached with the teenager back in January.

However, Sandmann's attorney, Lin Wood, spotted a retweet from Stelter of a tweet written by attorney Mark Zaid, who speculated about how much money the teen walked away with from the settlement.

"Those with zero legal experience (as far as I can tell) should not be conjecturing on lawsuits they know nothing about. What kind of journalism is that?" Zaid asked. "I've litigated defamation cases. [Sandmann] was undoubtedly paid nuisance value settlement & nothing more."

Wood accused the "Reliable Sources" host of breaching his network's own confidentiality agreement with his client.

"This retweet by @brianstelter may have cost him his job at @CNN. It is called breach of confidentiality agreement. Brian Stelter is a liar. I know how to deal with liars," Wood tweeted with a screenshot of Stelter's retweet.

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To: NIKK

This should make you smile.


21 posted on 07/28/2020 12:07:27 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for to prejudice. .DJT I)
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To: b4its2late

I’d love to see him fired out of a Howitzer.


22 posted on 07/28/2020 12:08:48 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: Bullish

Hahahahahahahaha. LMAO.


23 posted on 07/28/2020 12:10:54 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Or maybe discovery will determine that he did have knowledge.

Provide all communication records, CNN.


24 posted on 07/28/2020 12:12:09 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Osage Orange
Could be a Marine Biologist...too.

"Well you've really built yourself up into something, haven't you?"

25 posted on 07/28/2020 12:12:14 PM PDT by silent_jonny ("Forward to what lies ahead" ~ Phil. 3:13)
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To: Sans-Culotte

CNN cannot require Sandmann to abide by the terms of the non-disclosure agreement if CNN, itself, doesn’t. Unless CNN repudiates Steleter’s claims, Sandmann would be relieved of his obligation to not disclose the terms of the agreement.


26 posted on 07/28/2020 12:13:04 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Kickass Conservative

“Was that wrong?” - Stelter


27 posted on 07/28/2020 12:13:31 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: Sans-Culotte
Not a crime but if Sandman had a deal with CNN that included confidentiality and CNN then violated it I assume he could sue them. If the violation came from an employee, CNN could terminate said employee and claim they did not speak for CNN and they have no longer any relationship with said employee. Whether that would be good enough I don't know.

Presumable for this to come up the agreement must say that CNN is to not comment on their own or any other suits associated with this case and Stelter indirectly did.

All speculation on my part, of course. But see my tagline....

28 posted on 07/28/2020 12:13:47 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Mr. Lucky

Very like a breach of any other contract.


29 posted on 07/28/2020 12:15:20 PM PDT by jimfree (My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: Signalman

30 posted on 07/28/2020 12:16:05 PM PDT by KevinB (Quite literally, whatever the Left touches it ruins.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
2018 FULL Enter Sandman Entrance - (6) Notre Dame vs. (24) Virginia Tech - 10/6/2018

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31 posted on 07/28/2020 12:17:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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a viral confrontation with a Native American elder
Uh, no he wasn't "a Native American elder".

Partisan Media Shills update.


32 posted on 07/28/2020 12:18:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Signalman

Enter Sandman...
Say your prayers, little one
Don’t forget my son to include everyone
I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin
Till the sandman he comes…


33 posted on 07/28/2020 12:19:06 PM PDT by hercuroc
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To: Sans-Culotte

Nope but sometimes the confidentiality portion of an agreement will have added damages if the agreement is breached and such damages are easily awarded.


34 posted on 07/28/2020 12:20:24 PM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: Signalman

Yeah, “25k to go away”. What kind of low IQ person would A) Comment on a high profile case of your employer, when it under agreement not to comment and B) Believe its 25k? Laughter ensues


35 posted on 07/28/2020 12:20:32 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Signalman

But Mark Dice’s impersonation of him is comedy gold!


36 posted on 07/28/2020 12:20:36 PM PDT by JusPasenThru (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: Signalman

“CNN analyst Asha Rangappa appeared to agree with Zaid as well.

“I’d guess $25K to go away,” Rangappa wrote.”

I’m not a lawyer, or anything close, but I would guess with the money Sandman got in his first settlement, his people would gladly go to court if a network floated a $25,000 settlement - heck, the discovery would be worth 25 grand all by itself.


37 posted on 07/28/2020 12:20:46 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: dhs12345

>> Provide all communication records, CNN.

Seems ATT is happy to do that for the hostile Democrats like Schiff — Giuliani’s records for example.

CNN is ATT


38 posted on 07/28/2020 12:21:15 PM PDT by Gene Eric ( Don't be a statist!)
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To: Signalman

Unfortunately for Sandmann, his lawyer’s complaint here suggests to me that Zaid guessed right and the settlement was for nuisance value. How else would Stelter’s retweet of Zaid’s comment violate the confidentiality clause?

Also, speaking as a plaintiff’s lawyer, it is usually the defendant, not the plaintiff, who insists on and cares about a confidentiality clause in a settlement. Plaintiffs’ lawyers like to advertise their settlements when they can. Usually, if the plaintiff’s lawyer is the one who wants to keep the settlement confidential, it’s because the settlement was for a disappointing amount.

Also, the remedy for breach of a confidentiality clause is usually rescission of the settlement, which a plaintiff would not want if the settlement was for a desirable amount. It would be pretty hard for a plaintiff to prove any damages caused by a defendant’s breach of a confidentiality clause in a settlement. Perhaps there was a big liquidated damages provision, but I doubt it.


39 posted on 07/28/2020 12:21:32 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: Gene Eric

Dump your att phone right now!


40 posted on 07/28/2020 12:22:58 PM PDT by dhs12345
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