Posted on 05/23/2020 9:45:58 AM PDT by Salman
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a $10 million defamation lawsuit by One America News (OAN) against Rachel Maddow, finding that a "reasonable viewer" would know the MSNBC prime-time host was only offering her opinion when she called the right-leaning network "paid Russian propaganda."
"Maddow had inserted her own colorful commentary into and throughout the segment, laughing, expressing her dismay (i.e., saying 'I mean, what?') and calling the segment a 'sparkly story' and one we must 'take in stride,'" Judge Cynthia Bashant wrote Friday.
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A defamation claim has to be more than just being insulted.
She is a news anchor on a major news network.
Judge Cynthia Bashant .... Nominated by Barack Obama on January 6, 2014
What makes this jerk think “reasonable person” watch Mad Cow’s show?
OAN should immediately begin referring to MSNBC as “paid Chinese propaganda.”
‘ Nuff fsaid.
Good. Now OAN can call MSNBC the paid communist degenerate network.
How does anybody know what she said. It was on MSNBC
Madcow didn’t say OAN “sounds” like Russian Propaganda, she said OAN is PAID Russian Propaganda.
The first one is Opinion, the last one is an untruth that Madcow cannot prove as fact.
Thanks for posting. Judge Cynthia Bashant. List grievances. America’s robed mullahs...so nuanced.
Exactly RIGHT!
OAN should just continue publishing excellent news and not worry about the small stuff...Maddow is the epitome of small stuff..........
Well, the judge has ruled MSNBC doesn’t broadcast news. MSNBC only offers opinions.
The is and never has been equality under the law. The only question throughout this experiment of individual freedoms is who do the courts support with all of their important decisions. It is clear that during this period of this experiment called the United States that leftists are the group that the criminal courts will do anything to support and protect.
JoMa
Time to appeal
Watch for this to never be reported outside of OAN. That’s how they always assert ‘fake news’. It’s not reported on the LSM so it cannot be real news.
That’s because for generations the Left has been working to gain control of the entire legal system.
From the education centers to the courthouses, almost everything involved in dispencing the law is controlled by the Democrats.
The problem didn’t happen overnight and it won’t be solved until the Constitutionalists start making a concerted effort to design and implement countermeasures.
We need more Hillsdale Colleges.
Who is she? I do know, but I don’t care what she says or who she is. Not important.
The Hill, Obongo Judge l am sick of sharing country with These bastards.
“She is a news anchor on a major news network.”
Exactly, she is a news anchor just like Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson.
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