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Lawyer for Covington teen releases video slamming CNN, WaPo, as lawsuits proceed (Watch)
The National Sentinel ^ | 3/14/19 | Jon Dougherty

Posted on 03/14/2019 7:38:14 AM PDT by SleeperCatcher

L. Lin Wood, the lawyer for Covington, Ky., Catholic high school teen Nick Sandmann, has released a damning video as evidence in a pair of lawsuits against CNN and The Washington Post, condemning both for their “reckless lies” about his client.

This week the teen’s legal team filed a $275 million lawsuit against CNN over its alleged false attacks the Left-wing anti-Trump network (and other media) made against him in January.

Todd McMurtry, one of Sandmann’s lawyers, said on Fox News Tuesday: “It is a significant lawsuit seeking $75 million in compensatory damages and $200 million in punitive damages from CNN.”

Earlier, the legal team filed a $250 million suit against the Washington Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at thenationalsentinel.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; cnn; covington; covingtoncatholic; lawsuit; llinwood; nicksandmann

1 posted on 03/14/2019 7:38:14 AM PDT by SleeperCatcher
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To: SleeperCatcher

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3734576/posts


2 posted on 03/14/2019 7:39:07 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: SleeperCatcher

Go Nick! Enjoy your moneu! Buy lots of man toys


3 posted on 03/14/2019 7:44:29 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: SleeperCatcher

Sue them all, and the celebrities who condemned the innocent boy.


4 posted on 03/14/2019 7:45:47 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: \/\/ayne

Wonder how the other 79 potential haters sleep every night knowing that they will be sued for big bucks? Lin has a team of 9 lawyers working on the suits. He is not fooling around and is a winner in this arena. Best part is that the 81 defendents have to individually defend themselves. Can’t move to join together to reduce costs. Hate speech is expensive when you go after a private citizen who is a minor and innocent. Pay up you haters.


5 posted on 03/14/2019 7:48:50 AM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: SleeperCatcher

I presume the settlement will make the Covington kids satisfactorily well-to-do. But I hope it goes a step further. Every offending news organization should have to do on-air and in-print mea culpas, scripted appropriately so that there is no hedging, repeated often enough and long enough to offset the public perceptions the offending statements were designed to induce. How many repetitions of a correction does it take to recall a lie? In terms simply of comparative airtime, does it take a factor of ten?


6 posted on 03/14/2019 8:18:16 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: SleeperCatcher; bitt; ZULU; NFHale; vette6387; hoosiermama; unkus; Howie66

Let justice begin!!!

Here’s the list of people who have received letters and will have a chance to make things right before getting officially sued:

The Washington Post
The New York Times
Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN)
The Guardian
National Public Radio
TMZ
Atlantic Media Inc.
Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.
Diocese of Covington
Diocese of Lexington
Archdiocese of Louisville
Diocese of Baltimore
Ana Cabrera
Sara Sidner
Erin Burnett
S.E. Cupp
Elliot C. McLaughlin
Amanda Watts
Emanuella Grinberg
Michelle Boorstein
Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
Antonio Olivo
Joe Heim
Michael E. Miller
Eli Rosenberg
Isaac Stanley-Becker
Kristine Phillips
Sarah Mervosh
Emily S. Rueb
Maggie Haberman
David Brooks
Shannon Doyne
Kurt Eichenwald
Andrea Mitchell
Savannah Guthrie
Joy Reid
Chuck Todd
Noah Berlatsky
Elisha Fieldstadt
Eun Kyung Kim
HBO
Bill Maher
Warner Media
Conde Nast
GQ
Heavy.com
The Hill
The Atlantic
Bustle.com
Ilhan Omar
Elizabeth Warren
Kathy Griffin
Alyssa Milano
Jim Carrey


7 posted on 03/14/2019 8:20:27 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: SleeperCatcher

Good luck to Nick and his legal team!


8 posted on 03/14/2019 8:29:47 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Keep fighting, Nick!)
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The video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H48UX7k2F5M


9 posted on 03/14/2019 8:34:01 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Keep fighting, Nick!)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

LOL, OUCH!! Let them open their wallets like they opened their mouths!


10 posted on 03/14/2019 8:37:51 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (What is earned is treasured, what is free is worth what you paid for it.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Maude Behar and Jim Acosta should be on this list.


11 posted on 03/14/2019 8:44:31 AM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: SleeperCatcher

At his high school graduation, Nick Sandmann admits that he always wanted to own a media empire and thanks the wise Native American Elder for making it possible.


12 posted on 03/14/2019 8:54:37 AM PDT by T. Rustin Noone (the angels wanna wear my red shoes......)
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To: All

Awesome!


13 posted on 03/14/2019 9:04:02 AM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam ; USAgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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To: SleeperCatcher

This video is prepping the eventual jury to be predisposed to favor Nick Sandmann. With this video getting out, CNN and the Washington Post will not let this case go to trial; they will open up their checkbooks and ask how many zeros should be in the number.


14 posted on 03/14/2019 9:19:15 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: Kozy
Best part is that the 81 defendents have to individually defend themselves. Can’t move to join together to reduce costs.
I’m not on the same page with you on that. I would prefer that the 81 defendants be sued together under RICO as well as AntiTrust law.

The existence of systematic collusion among them is what gives “the MSM” its toxic power. Apart from that consideration, it’s gonna be hard to justify quarter-of-a-billion dollar claims. WITH that consideration, the proper award is in the billions.


15 posted on 03/14/2019 2:29:11 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

Separate each defendant has to boot his own legal bill. They will settle quickly to avoid the legal bills.


16 posted on 03/14/2019 3:13:20 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: sphinx

In your post you say that you “presume the settlement will make the Covington kids satisfactorily well-to-do.” I have not seen or heard that Sandmann is going to share in any new found wealth with his classmates. Where did you get that info?


17 posted on 03/14/2019 4:08:42 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Kozy
Separate each defendant has to boot his own legal bill. They will settle quickly to avoid the legal bills.
. . . but together they are subject to such serious charges that they cannot afford to settle. If they lose, “the wicked witch is dead."

18 posted on 03/15/2019 5:22:08 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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