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President Donald Trump and his legal team have threatened to sue CNN for violating the Lanham Act.
Project Veritas ^ | October 18,2019 | Project Veritas

Posted on 10/19/2019 2:17:09 AM PDT by jimbug

President Donald Trump and his legal team have threatened to sue CNN for violating the Lanham Act.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn; lanhamact; lawsuit; trump
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To: pepsionice
Part of the Lanham Act involves false advertising.

If CNN "said it was fair and unbiased" in the course of selling advertising, that could mean big trouble.

Two newspaper editors from upstate NY went to jail for giving advertisers false information.

21 posted on 10/19/2019 4:22:23 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: jimbug

Interesting idea. If nothing worse, it will focus public attention on their lies.

The media establishment - mostly because of the out of control behavior of some of its leading lights (way too much rape and drugs!) - is not really anybody’s favorite nowadays. Well, maybe the hardcore left, but most people aren’t in that class.


22 posted on 10/19/2019 4:28:48 AM PDT by livius
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To: tired&retired
All forms of news reporting and news commentary.

Would a legal argument to that be that in its actions, CNN is no longer acting in the capacity of a news organization, but as an advocacy group?

23 posted on 10/19/2019 4:34:31 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: jimbug

Enough. Don’t threaten, do. Otherwise shut up about it.


24 posted on 10/19/2019 4:43:47 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: pepsionice

When CNN said it was unbiased....it’s said now that this was a bold lie. Same for suggesting it was totally neutral.

Most leftist newspapers have a housebroken “conservative” on their staff to feign being “balanced”. CNN doesn’t even do that little.


25 posted on 10/19/2019 4:55:53 AM PDT by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: zencycler

Yep. My take is that the goal is not to actually sue. The goal is to get this out there in front of all americans. I get a feeling Trump will be overtly and aggressively taking the offense, running against both the democratic nominee and the MSM.


26 posted on 10/19/2019 4:57:50 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Crews weren’t sent in. A CNN employee approached Project Veritas last Spring with tapes and agreed to keep taping. His tapes reveal dissatisfaction with the liberal bias and dissilusion with the current state of journalism among many at CNN. The man who taped all this is a liberal, registered Dem, Bernie supporter and he’s brave, lost his job, unlike the Congressional whistle blowers, he has stood up and acknowledged what he witnessed publicly. I heard O’Keefe on the radio the other evening say that PV would be interested in hearing from employees from other networks with similar stories to tell. (I am sure they are out there, fingers crossed they make contact.)


27 posted on 10/19/2019 5:02:43 AM PDT by kalee
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To: pepsionice

Oh Crap CNN, MSNBC, SeeBS, FOX News, OAN. They are **all** slanted and biased. They only spin the news in the manner they have learned from their viewer demographic ($$$) that they want to hear. And they spike stories which erode or challenge their narrative. The whole system is corrupt and no longer represents “journalism.”


28 posted on 10/19/2019 5:15:17 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: nikos1121

I’m still waiting for Nick Sandman to get his day in court.


29 posted on 10/19/2019 5:39:30 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: MayflowerMadam

Who said he didn’t?

Maybe he is just waiting for the CNN story to run its course.


30 posted on 10/19/2019 5:57:54 AM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: jimbug

He should sue the parent companies of the other alphabet news...


31 posted on 10/19/2019 6:08:16 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified e)
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To: kalee

Right. I heard the whistleblower’s inverview, and how he contacted O’Keefe at CPAC. But I was thinking that if O’Keefe knew taping would continue, he could put someone in at MSNBC and other venues.


32 posted on 10/19/2019 6:20:20 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: Ancient Man
They’ll encircle CNN like a wounded elephant calf.

Somehow, this simile doesn't work for me. Maybe something with a donkey in it would work better. ;o)

33 posted on 10/19/2019 6:21:09 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Because the guy worked at CNN.


34 posted on 10/19/2019 6:23:13 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: kalee

His gofundme is overfunded. He said he has been getting emails about work opportunities. What a brave man. Compare him to shifts phoney whistleblower. Oh and CNN removed his last pay from his account.


35 posted on 10/19/2019 6:28:14 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: pepsionice

I have argued for years that all the lefty media needs to do is come clean.

They just need a disclaimer—We support the Democrat Party and the following public policy views:
(long list).

Just tell the truth. It is not _that_ difficult.


36 posted on 10/19/2019 6:40:22 AM PDT by cgbg (Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
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To: mouser

Yes, indeed! Why isn’t this an “in-kind” donation to the Democrat Party?


37 posted on 10/19/2019 7:13:24 AM PDT by wintertime (I shun government K-12 teachers.)
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To: gcparent

Yes; I know. I saw the interview with the whistleblower.


38 posted on 10/19/2019 7:47:31 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: kalee

I’d be willing to bet there already are other people doing just that.


39 posted on 10/19/2019 7:49:36 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: pepsionice

Yes, it will flush the liars and bigots into the open, where their propaganda techniques are on display for all to see. It’s not as though they have any credibility left anyway, but I suspect some people still watch them thinking they’re getting news.


40 posted on 10/19/2019 8:03:31 AM PDT by IronJack
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