Posted on 01/26/2021 9:21:30 PM PST by bitt
New York Times Reporter Maggie Astor changes her tune, originally said Veritas videos have “solely” unnamed sources but now says they have “many” unnamed sources.
Astor said she labelled the videos “deceptive” because she was unable to corroborate the videos on her own.
Astor: “I know of Project Veritas and, before writing my articles about the Video, I knew that it had a reputation for publishing deceptively-edited videos and had been publicly criticized many times for doing so.”
New York Times legal team cite Wikipedia to justify mischaracterizing Project Veritas.
New York Times legal team excused Astor’s article as an opinion piece: “Unverifiable expressions of opinion are not actionable and cannot be defamatory.”
[WESTCHESTER, N.Y. – Jan. 26, 2021] Project Veritas released a new video today updating the public on the lawsuit against The New York Times for their defamatory article attacking Veritas’ September 2020 videos exposing illegal ballot harvesting in Minnesota.
The New York Times filed a “Motion to Dismiss” request in an attempt to toss out the lawsuit and evade their wrongdoing.
Maggie Astor, The New York Times reporter who wrote the defamatory article, affirmed in her piece that the Veritas videos have “solely” unnamed sources.
“The video then claims that Democratic operatives connected to Ms. [Ilhan] Omar’s campaign paid voters to hand over blank mail-in ballots and filled them out. This would be illegal, but the allegations come solely from unnamed people who speak with Project Veritas operatives in the video and whose faces are not shown,” she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at projectveritas.com ...
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“The video then claims that Democratic operatives connected to Ms. [Ilhan] Omar’s campaign paid voters to hand over blank mail-in ballots and filled them out. This would be illegal, but the allegations come solely from unnamed people who speak with Project Veritas operatives in the video and whose faces are not shown,” she said.
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Now you tell me they didn’t do this in PA, GA, WI ?
When the objective is to defend the narrative, the truth will always be sacrificed. Manipulation of facts is merely collateral damage.
and good for Project Veritas, they go great work. I just hope they stay on the side of light and never go to the dark side. So many seem to sell us out.
As an 'opinion' piece: ..“Unverifiable expressions of opinion are not actionable and cannot be defamatory.” (NY Times)
On which pages of the NYT was tge material printed? Was it labeled opinion?
I decided to look and see if the NYT labeled the piece in question S opinion. I checked through the library since dont have subscription it was published in the politics section and not marked in any way could see as opinion. Further when you click on Maggie Astor to see how the NYTs describes the author she’s listed as a reporter. How the heck can they say this is opinion?
“New York Times legal team cite Wikipedia...”
They deserve to lose, and lose BIGLY!
My kids get their grades dinged if they cite Wickedpedia; it’s NOT regarded as scholarly or authoritative, and they KNOW better.
So, here’s the — purportedly, at least — flag ship of American journalistic prestige, and their lawyers don’t know any better...?
They deserve to get DEMOLISHED in front of a Judge.
Editors are there to fact-check for inaccuracies and mis-truths.
Maybe they shouldn't have fired those people.
When this is over James O’Keefe will be one of the one percent.
“New York Times legal team cite Wikipedia...”
I find this hilarious! The paper “of record” is using Wikipedia for research! 😂
O’Keefe has never lost a case
I’ve seen him on video talking about ppl suing him.
He just says, go ahead I don’t lose cases.
He’s a great force for truth.
I was so taken aback I blinked, and had to re-read it twice.
If that’s the best legal counsel the Old Gray Lady can afford... Wow.
The modern day DC foreign bribery industry (includes pols AND media)
twitter ^ | 4/22/2019 | BRIAN CATES
Posted on 4/23/2019, 2:28:38 AM by bitt
...snip...foreign governments/factions don’t just pay bribes to our politicians for favorable policy; they give money to media outlets like the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post - and not only the print media. TV networks also take the $$$$$.
When ad revenues dropped and subscriptions dropped back in the mid 2000’s, the MSM discovered a lucrative new revenue stream.
Many top Fake News outlets are now very, very dependent on the cash they get paid to publish stories from paying clients.”.....
....snip....
“Let me tell you now the dirty secret that has *smart* Fake News reporters all over the DNC Media are freaking out right now.
They took MONEY from foreign governments/factions to publish their propaganda disguised as ‘news coverage’ to sway public opinion & affect US foreign policy.
Many in the DNC Media Complex didn’t just become paid political hacks for one certain US political party; they became FOREIGN AGENTS working for foreign clients and using their influence to publish stories and LOBBYING on behalf of their foreign clients.
Bob Mueller and his Merry Crew just spent 2 years proving what A Very Bad Thing it is to become a foreign agent without publicly disclosing this and filing as a foreign agent under FARA.
QUESTION: “But doesn’t the 1st AMENDMENT give them cover for this? Doesn’t free speech & the freedom of the press allow them to take foreign money ......”
ANSWER: .....no, it doesn’t. There’s no press exception clause in the FARA act.
REFERENCE: FARA requires certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities.
Oh, the irony! “Deceptively-edited” describes NYT perfectly.
One problem it doesn’t say OP ED in The NY Times story it was written as straight news I expect this to go trial or force The NY Times to settle
Also Wikipedia can literally be edited by a 5th grader on the fly
LOL Well, we all know white liberal elites who hate us never post things to Wikipedia... /s
“reputation” and “ publicly criticized”.
The leftie media echo chamber at work.
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