Posted on 03/11/2019 10:38:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In an interview that aired on Fox News Sunday night, lawyer L. Lin Wood said he is filing a lawsuit against CNN Monday or Tuesday for more than $250 million over the news outlet's alleged “vicious” and “direct attacks” on his client, Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann. On Twitter Saturday, the lawyer suggested that the amount could be around $275 million.
CNN needs to write on the chalk board 275,000,000 times “We will never again falsely attack, vilify, or threaten a minor child.” https://t.co/bTCMoBjnHM
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) March 10, 2019
Wood, an Atlanta-based attorney who specializes in aggressive defamation suits against the media, was hired by the Sandmanns to bring justice to Nick, whose name was dragged through the mud after a short video clip showing a confrontation between Native American activist Nathan Phillips and the Covington Catholic boys in Washington, D.C., went viral.
Subsequent video clips showed that the Covington kids were viciously heckled by a group of black separatists and responded by doing school cheers. And contrary to the original narrative, the kids didn't mob and block Phillips -- the activist walked right up to them and stopped in front of the MAGA hat-wearing Sandmann while loudly beating a drum and chanting in his face.
Last month, Wood and Sandmann family attorney Todd McMurtry filed a lawsuit against the Washington Post seeking $250 million in both compensatory and punitive damages for smearing their client.
Wood told “Life, Liberty & Levin" host Mark Levin that “CNN was probably more vicious in its direct attacks on Nicholas than the Washington Post," pointing out that CNN reaches millions of homes. Thus, he said the claim against CNN is likely to be somewhat higher.
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Factor in all the fellow travelers who conspired against Sandmann and the kid’s potential wealth could rival that of Bezos.
Hoping for the best. Sue them all into oblivion.
The kid was wronged and significantly harmed on purpose and with intent by a activist media outlet - This award should be easy for any judge.
Part of ANY settlement demand with the Clinton News Network should include a requirement that at the Top of the hour for the next two weeks they broadcast a live feed that will include the On Air talent to state that CNN intentionally smeared a High School Student for the sole reason that he was Wearing a Hat that represents something they Oppose. That they did it intentionally and with malice. That they failed to do any investigation to either support or disprove the allegations others were making. In short, That CNN
was acting not as News agency or entity but rather a Mouthpiece for the Socialist movement in the USA.
Just get Savannah Guthrie. Sue her into oblivion.
“CNN needs to write on the chalk board 275,000,000 times “We will never again falsely attack, vilify, or threaten a minor child.””
Not enough. Hinkle had to apologize to Frosty a hundred zillion times.
Seriously, though, remember that ANY amount for which CNN settles will allow them to NOT admit guilt.
Also: This will be just a business expense write-off for one of America’s biggest enemies.
At&T has big plans for Time Warner, how long before they get tired of this clown show pulling them down?
They did it to a defenseless child!!!
That’s a damn EXCELLENT idea.
“Just get Savannah Guthrie. Sue her into oblivion.”
She made L Lyn Wood’s list =>
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3725436/posts
The discovery process of how CNN slants the news would be very interesting.
“Seriously, though, remember that ANY amount for which CNN settles will allow them to NOT admit guilt.”
Make sure there is no non-disclosure agreement. CNN will have to admit guilt.
No place to hide for CNN. And the list of defendants yet to be named is very long. There will be much transfer of funds.
Should have gone for more. Putting them out of business.
Maybe he can get the half of Bezos’ wealth that he doesn’t lose to his wife. “Homeless” Bezos. That sounds GOOD.
Lin Wood was impressive.
Last night on Levin, Wood was sounding as though his firm would be seeking quite a bit more than the WP suit, as “CNN’s scope was much wider, considering it is cast into many millions of homes,” and I might also add, into each and every airport as well as having an international scope, especially in Great Britain!
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