Posted on 07/26/2019 3:24:04 PM PDT by Coronal
A federal judge dismissed Friday the $25 million defamation lawsuit filed against the Washington Post by Kentucky teen Nicholas Sandmann over the newspaper’s coverage of his viral encounter with an elderly Native American activist at the Lincoln Memorial.
Senior U.S. District Court Judge William O. Bertelsman found that activist Nathan Phillips may have been wrong when he said he was “blocked” by the teen and not allowed to “retreat,” but that such statements represented opinion protected by the First Amendment.
“And The Post is not liable for publishing these opinions, for the reasons discussed in this Opinion,” said the 36-page ruling.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
LIES are not ‘free speech’ or ‘opinion’
Washington Times done effed up.
This guy was appointed by Jimmy Carter, you know, the bunny beating buffoon.
9 chances out of 10 that he's got dementia or Oldtimer's disease, and his Lefty law clerks made this "ruling" for him...
“The 83-year-old Bertelsman only craps himself three times a week.”
Appeal.
i thought he sued for $250 million?
He did, The Washington Times writer screwed it up.
Bezos is an absolute genius for building Amazon but an absolute jerk for bailing out WAPO.
He didn't bail them out ... he acquired a huge propaganda organ for a song ...
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