Posted on 08/18/2020 6:43:18 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Agreed BUT I think that it was substantial because neither CNN nor the WaPo wanted to go to trial on this as it was altogether too wrong.
Sandmann was in no way a "Public Person" prior to this, so that defense was out. The facts of the complete story were easy to get but the picture of a white Christian male wearing that hat, with a smile that denigrators could say was a smirk, looking at the Indigenous and elderly drum-beater, matched THEIR LEFTIST PREJUDICES so totally that they sent it to the world with only single-sided validations.
We know that CNN (01/07/20) & WaPo (07/24/20) made their settlements with the usual confidentiality requirements that the amount$ will remain secret and that no guilt is admitted. CNN's Brian Stelter may be in some trouble here as he chose to retweet an uninvolved lawyer's speculation on the WaPo settlement being for 'nuisance value' (low payment) late July 2020. He got a sizzlingly swift response from Sandmann's lawyer, Lin Wood, with a shot across Stelter's bow about breaking 'confidentiality agreements'!
The defamation suit against NBC/Universal is still pending and so are other suits that include other Covington Catholic students in the incident. A thought to consider here, Sandmann's lawyer, Lin Wood, is an experienced litigator in this field of defamation. It is very unlikely that he would spend lots of time and effort to get a mere 'nuisance value' settlement. Also note that the WaPo settlement came 6 months later than CNN and I cannot be convinced that if CNN settled for pennies that the WaPo would not have heard of the minimum magnitude and settled earlier. So, in conclusion, I think that Mr Sandmann IS GETTING HIS POUND OF FLESH!
Tulane? Why?
Number one party school in USA.
Bias much there on the Hill?
Generally a hill is slanted on all four sides...
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