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McKinney alert--Congresswoman Sues 'Atlanta Journal-Constitution' for Libel
Editor and Publisher.com ^ | August 1, 2006 | Editor and Publisher staff

Posted on 08/02/2006 8:20:18 AM PDT by seanmerc

NEW YORK--A Democratic congresswoman from Georgia is suing The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for libel.

Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney filed charges against the newspaper's editor Cynthia Tucker and publisher John Mellott for an editorial column that ran in the Sunday July 30 paper about McKinney’s alleged altercation with police, according to All Headline News.

McKinney’s attorney, J.M. Raffauf, said the column describes McKinney whacking a police officer with her cell phone, a charge McKinney denies.

The suit says that other facts were misstated including a reported suggestion by McKinney that President Bush had known about the September 11 terror attacks in advance, and had allowed the plot to unfold so that he and his friends could profit from the resulting wars.

The suits says that McKinney wants an "immediate retraction in writing these false and libelous statements" and "demands that your retraction and correction be accompanied by an editorial in which you specifically repudiate your libelous statements."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; congress; crazycynthia; georgia; journalconstitution; libel; mckinney; media; press
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She's at it again. I didn't realize her altercation with police was "alleged." Man, I'd sure love to see the security video of the "alleged" incident.
1 posted on 08/02/2006 8:20:20 AM PDT by seanmerc
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Already posted: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676273/posts


2 posted on 08/02/2006 8:21:02 AM PDT by Uncledave
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3 posted on 08/02/2006 8:21:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Uncledave

Sorry. I did a search for the exact title of the article and nothing was returned. It gets confusing when people don't use the exact title of the article.


4 posted on 08/02/2006 8:23:52 AM PDT by seanmerc
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McNinny suing the Hot-lanta Urinal and Constipation?

What next?

Hezbollah suing CNN?

Castro suing Dan Rather?

Hugo Chavez suing Jimmy Carter?

Cindy Sheehan suing Code Pink?

5 posted on 08/02/2006 8:26:37 AM PDT by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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McKinney’s attorney, J.M. Raffauf, said the column describes McKinney whacking a police officer with her cell phone, a charge McKinney denies.

Then what exactly did she apologize for?

6 posted on 08/02/2006 8:27:50 AM PDT by rhombus
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Is she gonna sue the newspaper that reported she was suing a newspaper.


7 posted on 08/02/2006 8:30:20 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (12th district Freeper.)
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ALLEGED newspaper, thank you very much!


8 posted on 08/02/2006 8:31:51 AM PDT by seanmerc
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I saw a clip of McKinney debating her opponent on TV last night. She's got her trademark cornrows back, and she couldn't have been more condescending or phony as she begged and groveled to retain her seat.

Even in that part of DeKalb County, they're not going to put up with crack ho Cindy anymore. The challenger, a former judge, made much of Cindy's repeated absences on crucial votes. No vote...no federal dollars. Cindy and her good girl/bad girl hairdos are toast!


9 posted on 08/02/2006 8:31:59 AM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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I never search for the exact title; I type in the big words and search for "any" instead of "all".


10 posted on 08/02/2006 8:34:13 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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11 posted on 08/02/2006 8:37:20 AM PDT by monkapotamus
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12 posted on 08/02/2006 8:42:09 AM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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I would like to know the truth, and I would like to see American newspapers print the truth. If this newpaper has printed untrue reports about Cynthia McKinney--or anybody or anything else--it should print a clear and obvious retraction--for all to see.

I am sick and tired of propaganda.

Truth and a truthfully informed electorate are essential for the functioning of representative government.

13 posted on 08/02/2006 8:44:54 AM PDT by Savage Beast (9/11 was never repeated--thanks to President George Bush.)
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Cynthia McKinney is always good for a laugh.

A sad commentary on the type of person that always has to have someone else to blame for the fact that they are a failure in life.

And McKinney is, despite her successes as a politician.
14 posted on 08/02/2006 8:48:45 AM PDT by chesley (Republicans don't deserve to win, but America does not deserve the Dhimmicrats.)
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RIGHT ON!I just find it hard to believe that McKinney would have ANY problems with what is written about her by"The Atlanta Urinal and Constipation"?


15 posted on 08/02/2006 8:49:48 AM PDT by bandleader
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How could you libel McKinney? You would have to lower her reputation in some way and that is impossible.


16 posted on 08/02/2006 8:54:06 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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A sad commentary on the type of person that always has to have someone else to blame for the fact that they are a failure in life.
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And being a politician is not a success story at all. Just take a hard look around our Congress. It what you can become if you are a failure at everything else. Congress now reminds me of the "bar scene" in the first Star Wars movie. Not a pretty site.


17 posted on 08/02/2006 8:57:27 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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Has any reporter been able to ask her why she hasn't been showing up for work?


18 posted on 08/02/2006 8:57:46 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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LOL...she ever hear of "Times vs. Sullivan"?


19 posted on 08/02/2006 9:08:20 AM PDT by meandog (While Clinton isn't fit even to scrape Reagan's shoes, Bush will never fill them!)
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Cynthia - the gift that keeps on giving!


20 posted on 08/02/2006 9:19:20 AM PDT by juliej (juliej)
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