Federal Judge Tosses Out Trump Campaign’s Lawsuit Against CNN

Forbes ^ | November 12, 2020 | Joe Walsh

[mikey_hates_everything]

It would seem that pursuing libel damages incurred by a public entity would be more difficult than going after illegal in-kind Dem contributions. I hope I worded that correctly... That’s what CNN has been doing bigly for years.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Federal “judges” make Toobin’s Zoom episode look normal. What a bunch of Bozos.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

No, I think it’s the same Joe Walsh whose Maserati does 185.

[ronnie raygun]

Let me help you with that tie.................

[daniel1212]

the campaign could not demonstrate that CNN published any inaccurate information intentionally or with reckless disregard for the truth, a high standard known as “actual malice” that is required for defamation cases waged by public figures in the United States.

Meaning it unintentionally published inaccurate information, which presumes a judge must either know the heart of the publisher or see material that shows that they know that what they published was not true. Thus it seems like such a statement as, "according to an anonymous source, in college Trump was a secret member of a UFO cult " could be published unless there is evidence that he was not, proof that the writer knowingly published a falsehood. That makes a possible for the media to say just about anything that is false.

the Warren Court held that: The constitutional guarantees require, we think, a Federal rule that prohibits a public official from recovering damages for a defamatory falsehood relating to his official conduct unless he proves that the statement was made with 'actual malice'—that is, with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actual_malice#:~:text=Actual%20malice%20in%20United%20States%20law%20is%20a,they%20file%20suit%20for%20libel%20%28defamatory%20printed%20communications%29.]

[MayflowerMadam]

“Did James Comey really believe the story about the Russian Pee Pee video or was he just trying to tarnish the new President after his cheap tawdry attempt at blackmail fell flat?”

I think we all know the answer to that. He knew all of it was fake.

[MayflowerMadam]

The Eagles.