Posted on 12/06/2012 7:43:04 PM PST by marktwain
(CNN) -- George Zimmerman, charged in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Florida boy, sued NBC Universal on Thursday for using "the oldest form of yellow journalism" by editing an audio tape of his 911 call to make him sound racist, the lawsuit said.
Zimmerman is seeking "damages in excess of the jurisdictional limit" in Seminole County Circuit Court in Florida, where the lawsuit is filed.
Zimmerman, who is Hispanic and is charged with second-degree murder, is accused of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, who was African-American. The February incident has provoked national controversy.
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
Sharpton’s Debt in Brawley Defamation Is Paid by Supporters
Published: June 15, 2001
More than two years after the Rev. Al Sharpton was found to have defamed a former prosecutor in the Tawana Brawley case, the $65,000 damage award entered against Mr. Sharpton by a Dutchess County jury has been paid in full.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/15/nyregion/sharpton-s-debt-in-brawley-defamation-is-paid-by-supporters.html
[[Once doing it the proper way in court (and this new judge appears to be being actually fair about it)]]
Man I hope so- that lkast judge was a puke- and even that last judge should be sued in my opinion- He is on tape telling mr’s zimm that she doesn’t have to call the borther in law to find out how much is actually in the onlien account, then he turns aroudn and accuses the zimms of coverign up how much was i n there? He’s on tape for crying out loud! I listened to it- it was very clear she was offerign to find out exactly how much was in the account BEFORE she even talked with george in code-
The whole case was ac complete travesty of justice right from day one when they falsely arrested George- I can only hope this judge is truly impartial and unbiased eityher way- it’s george’s only hope- and I hope that if he is a just judge that he coems down hard on angela the prosecutor-
Well, legalities intervene and they aren’t always fathomable by the average duffer. (GET that CAT off your keyboard.)
Once you did something that indicated you WANTED the benefit of publicity, you’d be hard pressed to retract that. Never say impossible, but that’s the kind of thing that keeps lawyers in lobster.
Somewhere between proven malice and "reckless disregard of the truth" creates a semi-truck sized target on the NBC peacock's butt, if I recall the guidelines on suits like this. It wasn't even reckless. It was selective and intentional, in order to make him sound like a bigot. I think they have a problem.
Ya gotta wonder how they can be so cold, as to gin up false sensation. It ain’t just personal to Zimmerman. It’s the way they address the whole world.
[[Once you did something that indicated you WANTED the benefit of publicity, you’d be hard pressed to retract that.]]
Well that brings us back to the al sharpton brawley case too- I think she went public but still was able to win the case, or am i mistaken? and again, once he becomes public, that’s one thing, but the damage ahd already been doen to him as a private citizen as he was already livign in fear for his life and for his families life because of the slanderous hateful racist maLIcious ... let’s call them what they were... attacks by the msm
[[they aren’t always fathomable by the average duffer.]]
I’m a doofus, not a duffer
You can bet he’ll register as a Republican or Independent if he wins all of these lawsuits. LOL!
Which might either mean the lies were believed to be based in such egregious malice that being public didn’t matter, or the person was only hounded into becoming public and didn’t want to be. But like I said, it keeps lawyers in lobster. You can’t just show up at, say, a small claims court, make the claim, and walk out a few cool thousand richer in fifteen minutes.
[[It ain’t just personal to Zimmerman. It’s the way they address the whole world.]]
I’ve got to dissagree some- it was personal against george- the media thought they had their ‘white on black racism’ story, they saw an opportunity to destroy this man’s image and reputation and to start a race riot, and they went for it knowing ful lwell they were destroying geroge’s life for good by makign false claism agaqisnt him
You’re right, it is very cold, and there is an especially terrifyign spot in hell for just these kinds of people- God gives us just one change to be decent human beings, and these peopel clearly chose to ride the devil’s coat-tail all the way into hell for temporary ‘gain’ to themswelves- Yes, it coudl have been any hispanic person, but it wasn’t it was george, and they made a descision to attack george personally- even our dear leader made the conscious descision to attack george personally and hten to wash his hands of it all just liek pilot did
Anybody who would have been in Zimmerman’s spot they would have despised equally, as a class or category. In that sense it wasn’t personal. Here was “white man” (actually in a funny court scene, a Negro deputy was paler than he) putting down “black man” and “black man” suffered, which by a liberal ipso facto should never happen in a fair world.
[[”reckless disregard of the truth”]]
I woudl label it “reckless disregard of the truth with maliscious intent purposefully designed to destroy an innocent person” And everyoen involved in this travesty of justice shoudl be completely ashamed of themselves- but as we’ve seen, the MSM knows no shame, even when it coems to purposefulyl destroying innocent people’s lives for hte sake of ratings
I have been waiting for a long time for someone to stand up and call the slandering media out... I’m thankful for Zimmerman.
Now I have a question— could all registered republicans file a class action suit against any of the myriad of dems who have called republicans racists or back-to-chains people or yada yada yada... BEcause if that were possible that would be awesome...
I am tired of being slandered... and I have felt for a long time that the only thing that gets the attention of the media or dems is litigation... they have no conscience, no shame, no integrity that can be violated..
AGain, would a registered republicans class action slander suit be remotely possible? thanks for listening everybody.
[[Anybody who would have been in Zimmerman’s spot they would have despised equally, as a class or category.]]
Well that’s what I said- but only in a sense- however, they made it very personal towards george himself- george was the victim right fro mthe beginnign with hte media- they targetted him and relentlessly assailed him- they directed their dispisements directly toward him personally- with hte added ‘benifit’ of creatign a larger false narrative of white on black racism- I truly beleive the media was hoping for blood- they directed their racist ideals towards george i nthe hopes of destroying him, and that’s exactly what they accomplished- Yep- there’s an overall theme to the story, but there’s also an indiviudual involved whos life has been ruined by a viscious attack by the main stream ‘media’
This whole story and what the msm did is aq shameful dispicable time in our history- Yes I know there were times when the case woudl have been reversed, with a black man being railroaded- and htose times were just as shameful
Ahh, I say ginning up sensation. They’d do it to any Joe Schmoe who got into such a scrape with Moe Bro. George found himself positioned in a Kabuki dance he didn’t want.
[[Now I have a question— could all registered republicans file a class action suit against any of the myriad of dems who have called republicans racists or back-to-chains people or yada yada yada...]]
I don’t beleive so because the visciousness was not as evident as it is in the zimm case- there isn’t a cncerted targetted effort to to destroy the party liek there was i nthe case of zimm-
In this case, it's more than that. Somebody tried to start a race riot. Probably for political purposes.
Recall that this story didn't make the national news until it was almost three weeks old! It happened...it was fully reported...and there was no outrage at the time!
Then, three weeks later, the story goes national. And, interestingly, the eyewitness report that saw Trayvon beating the crap out of Zimmerman, then went to call the cops was omitted from the story -- though it had been featured in every one of the local reports!
Somebody peddled this story to the MSM...instructed them to omit any mention of that one key interview...wanting to inflame the nation.
I would like to know who that person was...and who he/she was working for. I believe we can conclude that it had to be somebody with considerable influence -- or a representative of somebody with considerable influence -- because the entire MSM did as they were told. They even invented the "white Hispanic" dodge -- because, three weeks after the fact, they had to know Zimmerman's ethnicity.
There is some serious journalistic (and political) malpractice goiing on here -- and some one person is responsible.
Leni, The defendant, NBC, must have known before they broadcasted the offending piece that the edited version was materially misleading in a way that could cause irreparable harm to the plaintiffs reputation in a measurable way..
Meaning monetarily..
In seeking damages, you have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the loss of reputation will reduce your potential for earning to a specific amount.. That amount can be accelerated by placing a punitive burden on the losing party..
How about urging Z. to sue O. for taking sides on behalf of Trayvon, rather than supporting Z. as defending his right to life?
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