Posted on 03/22/2021 3:24:07 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Undercover journalist group Project Veritas scored a major win last week in the New York Supreme Court concerning the group’s defamation lawsuit against the newspaper.
The decision said the James O’Keefe-founded Project Veritas has sufficient evidence that the Times might have been motivated by “actual malice” and acted with “reckless disregard” in serval posts hitting the group’s work.
Jonathan Turley reported Sunday:
While it has received little coverage in the mainstream media, the conservative group Project Veritas won a major victory against the New York Times this week in a defamation case with potentially wide reach. In a 16-page decision, New York Supreme Court Justice Charles Wood ruled against the newspaper’s motion to dismiss and found that Project Veritas had shown sufficient evidence that the New York Times might have been motivated by “actual malice” and acted with “reckless disregard” in several articles written by Maggie Astor and Tiffany Hsu. The decision will allow the Project access to discovery which can be extremely difficult for a news organization.
Can Men And Women Compete Athletically? Here’s What The Science Says. By Paul Mosimann These Four States Are Fighting Big “This ruling means Project Veritas will now be able to put New York Times reporter Maggie Astor and New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet under oath where they will be forced to answer our questions,” O’Keefe said in reaction to the win, The Post Millennial reported Saturday.
“Project Veritas will record these depositions and expose them for the world to see,” he added.
The decision, in part, reads:
The court finds that the documentary proof and the facts alleged by Veritas are sufficient to meet its burden. The facts submitted by Veritas could indicate more than standard, garden variety media bias and support a plausible inference of actual malice. There is a substantial basis in law to proceed to permit the plaintiff to conduct discovery and to then attempt to meet its higher standard of proving liability through clear and convincing evidence of actual malice. Malice focuses on the defendant’s state of mind in relation to the truth or falsity of the published information. Here there is a substantial basis in law and fact that Defendants acted with actual malice, that is, with knowledge that the statements in the Articles were false or made with reckless disregard of whether they were false or not. Veritas alleged actual malice by providing facts sufficient to demonstrate Defendants’ alleged disregard for the truthfulness of its statements. Accordingly, at this very early stage of the litigation, Veritas’ submissions were sufficient to withstand defendants’ motions, and further proceedings are necessary to resolve the issues raised.
Turley said this latest hit for the Times follows a win from former Alaskan Republican Gov. Sarah Palin. “Having two such losses for the New York Times in the defamation area is ironic given its role in establishing the precedent under New York Times v. Sullivan,” he noted.
As the suit has been moving forward, Project Veritas has continued its reporting. On Monday, the group released revealing photos at the Southern border as the Biden administration has reportedly put what’s effectively a “gag order” on Border Patrol agents with the media, according to sources. The Biden administration has denied the gag order reports.
The Daily Wire reported:
James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas released new leaked photos from inside a border detention facility in Donna, Texas, that show hundreds of migrants sleeping on the floor with little space in between them despite the ongoing pandemic.
“These photos were taken within the last few days,” a source told Project Veritas. “There are eight pods with eight cells each in the facility. At any given moment there are an average of 3,000 people in custody here.”
“They [migrants] are separated by age or physical size depending on room,” the source said. “Fifty were COVID positive in these cells over the last few days.” O’Keefe also claims that he has received reports of “multiple sexual assaults, normal assaults and daily medical emergencies.”
If you haven’t watched it, the video is worth the price of admission...
When he spoke up the second time, it was like turning a light on in a room full of roaches...they all ran for the exit!
I have watched it...I’ll watch it again right now.
“The Old Grey Dinosaur needs to die already.”
Global warming will make the environment more friendly for dinosaurs.
rolling comments on the left and hearts on the right were great too : )
I have known Judge Wood professionally for many years. He’s an excellent judge and a solid conservative despite having received his undergraduate degree from that liberal cesspool known as Vassar College. The only thing i can say had about him is that he is a rabid Dallas Cowboy fan.
btt
Hahaha I just watched it again too! I was so focused on it I didn’t pick up it was being live-streamed!
Sigh. Wish we had more people like James O’Keefe who does God’s work, and does it legally.
Yay!
“James O’Keef, publisher, editor, owner.
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With stones as big as Trump’s. They clank when he walks.
thanks James. as always money well spent. don’t give your money to the gope; give it to James O’Keefe and the Veritas Project.
He does what undercover journalism used to be
You know, I have been racking my brain trying to figure out who should be the linear heavyweight conservative champion of the world, now that Rush is gone. I think I may have just figured that out....
Hope O’Keefe takes ‘em for everything except the plumbing fixtures.>>>>>>>>>>>>
You are far too kind, I would not leave them even a single operating flush toilet.
How much did Palin get?
The newspaper of wretched is going on trial.
bttt
Interestingly, Palin's reinstated suit against the NYT was due to begin Feb. 1 but I believe was kicked down the road due to COVID.
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