OR....because they are virulently anti-American and anti-”gringo”
“The Imus Effect”...
McIntyre is correct on this one. They even roughed up a KABC reporter asking questions. This should get good when it goes to trial.
Huge mistake by the school. The radio station will file what is called an anti-SLAPP motion, win it, and not only get the case dismissed but also get ITS ATTORNEYS’ FEES.
If not, it gets worse for the school, because the radio station will bury the school in “discovery,” finding out every tawdry, racist thing about the “academy” and make it even more of a laughingstock than it already is.
Amazing...simply amazing. You want media bias? How about this huffy passage from Tami & Howard? It would make the NYT blush.
A talk radio hosts dares to TAKE ADVANTAGE of the 1st Amendment? What did he do, get the 1st Amendment drunk and take it to a motel? The "long" adjective is a huge tipoff - it means these writers think that talk radio should be eliminated - of course, newspapers and especially their articles should be more widely distributed (take note, prospective buyers of the LA Times operation).
The writers certainly don't like this "broad latitude," except, of course, when applied to pornography, sick-out gore films devoid of any artistic merit, and hip-hop (them again). Sorry, H&T but the 1st Amendment gives the BROADEST latitude, especially with regard to political speech (at least until the unholy union of McCain/Feingold).
I know it's probably not getting worked up about left-wing bias in the LAT but this kind of how-dare-he sniping drives me up a wall.
Hmm, so the teachers are saying it is slander. I think that is going to be very hard to prove.
The say this: McIntyre “targeted the school for destruction because the children were Latino, the teachers were Latino, the principal director was Latino,” according to the suit.
So? If I was the lawyer I might stipulate all that. “Yes, my client targeted the school for derision in part because the school was Latino.”. So? Since when is that against the law?
Freedom of speech means I can say “I don’t like Latinos” and “I don’t like Latino schools”. Others are free to disagree, but I fail to see that this is cause for a lawsuit.
Calling it a “madrass” is clearly within the limits of parody and as part of a legitimate discussion of its mission.
I think these ladies are being poorly served by their lawyers and I doubt, even in LA, that this travesty of a law suit gets very far. Especially considering it is a “public” school. That inherently makes it a legitimate target for (even hostile) criticism.
Unless the host was urging people to attack the school I don’t see where their suit has merit.
Man Charged With Assaulting Radio Reporter Due In L.A. Court
(Los Angeles, CA) -- A Los Angeles man who is charged with felony assault and robbery for an alleged attack on a radio reporter near a school has a hearing set for today in L.A. Ramon Flores was arrested in September during a traffic stop. Police say reporter Sandy Wells was covering a story in June about a local charter school when he saw a speeding car jump the curb and continue toward him. Wells jumped out of the way. According to authorities, the driver jumped out and made off with the audio tape from the reporter's tape recorder. Wells was shaken, but otherwise unhurt. Flores faces up to six-years in state prison if convicted on all counts.