Posted on 05/12/2023 7:31:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Nina Jankowicz, the former head of the Department of Homeland Security’s now disbanded Disinformation Governance Board, filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, weeks after the network settled with Dominion Voting Systems.
“Fox’s employee hosts and commentators derided and lied about Jankowicz on repeat — and continue to do so even today, the lawsuit states. “Several of these falsehoods stand out as especially destructive — and directly contrary to available, verifiable evidence."
The coverage led to "immediate online harassment and threats, which continue even now," according to the suit.
Ms. Jankowicz, a prominent specialist in Russian disinformation and online harassment, became the primary subject of their attacks. In 300 mentions over eight months on Fox last year, she was repeatedly demeaned and defamed in highly personal language, the lawsuit asserts. Hosts including Tucker Carlson, Maria Bartiromo and Sean Hannity said her job was “to silence anyone who criticizes the Biden administration” and possibly even, as Mr. Carlson warned, “get men with guns to tell you to shut up.”
The unit Ms. Jankowicz briefly headed, called the Disinformation Governance Board, had no such powers, or any direct authority to affect speech. The department created it to help unify and oversee existing efforts by its various divisions to monitor and defend against disinformation from foreign agents seeking to influence elections; cartels promoting human smuggling operations; and those seeking to undermine the government’s public health and safety efforts. (NYT)
In an interview with The New York Times, Jankowicz, who resigned from the board after intense criticism, said Fox News should be held accountable.
“Even after achieving their stated goal of driving me out of government and ending the board, they kept using me as a punching bag,” she said. “It shouldn’t be something we just accept — that the most powerful cable network in the world can attack individuals willy-nilly and not face any consequences after they ruin their lives.”
Jankowicz’s attorney, Rylee Sommers-Flanagan, said the Dominion case shows that defamation lawsuits against Fox can be successful.
“Dominion shows us how egregious the internal conversations that are happening at Fox are; it shows us that Fox News has an absolute disregard for truth when it is related to their ratings,” she told the Times.
Her singing Mary Poppins and acting like a complete MORON is now defamation OMG you did it to yourself, what an idiot!!!
Pay for singing lessons.
Perform in a small town ensemble doing a Mary Poppins musical.
Fox has always been an excellent ‘straw man’ for them. In fact, I wonder if they don’t secretly own a big chunk of it. Reminds me of professional wrestlers, who take on the persona of a hated enemy to draw crowds. Without the bad guys, nobody watches.
Delaware State Court. Surprise, surprise. If the left wants lawfare War War, why doesn’t the right start suing in right leaning states?
Yup True
The FOX fell right into the Sucker Trap, and will now be bled dry by the Blood Sucking Lefties. Bet Tucker laughs when he gets up and continues to laugh until bedtime.
Have not watched Foxnews since Tucker’s departure. Anyone know how far left Laura and Hannity have swung since being warned about what they say?
>> Let me guess the jurisdiction: DC or NYC?
Looks like this is a new facet of the deep state tyranny against the people unfolding. Lawfare in jurisdictions with corrupt prosecutors and ideological friendly juror pool.
>> Let me guess the jurisdiction: DC or NYC?
Looks like this is a new facet of the deep state tyranny against the people unfolding. Lawfare in jurisdictions with corrupt prosecutors and ideological friendly juror pool.
I think it is time to sue the NY Times for slander of OUR President with the Russia Russia Russia hoax, and how about their offer to shield the young Airman from discovery, if he just turned over the documents to them to publish? He didn’t, so they outed him. Dirty sumbitches I tell ya.
She was in public office, her case is frivolous.
Mz. Malarkey tryin’ to score some loot cause her feelings were hurt!
With all this Dominion stuff we’re hearing about, whatever happened to their technology director Coomer who put up on social media just how badly he hated Trump and how he was going to screw Trump in the election?
WHO is PAYING for her LAWYERS??? SOROS?? DVS?
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