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New York Times Loses Libel Case
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| May 24, 2003
Posted on 05/24/2003 7:42:16 AM PDT by veronica
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To: veronica
Fox Butterfield The biggest gun grabber at the paper. Figures.
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posted on
05/24/2003 10:52:03 AM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("It's the same ole story, same ole song and dance, my friend")
To: Dan from Michigan
Although Nicholas Kristof(of..ov - Communist Russian?) is a close second.
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posted on
05/24/2003 10:53:44 AM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("It's the same ole story, same ole song and dance, my friend")
To: Wonder Warthog
Jubilation T. Cornpone! Time to pass around a jug of Kikapoo Joy Juice!
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posted on
05/24/2003 10:55:52 AM PDT
by
friendly
To: Grampa Dave
the Slimes just got hammered.Maybe the cumulative effect of all this bad press for the non-press NYSlime will be a stake through that vampire's heart.
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posted on
05/24/2003 12:09:25 PM PDT
by
BOBTHENAILER
(Aces & Eight's..the dead man's hand)
To: Wolverine
Codes of journalistic Ethics The fundamental fallacy of all codes of journalism is quite simple: no one knows the whole truth, and no one tells everything they do know--and half the truth can be a very big lie. The conceit that journalists under deadline and competitive pressure can and do produce "the first draft of history"--rather than an image of their own human, limited vision--is hubris. Take that conceit out of a journalistic ethics code, and IMHO nothing much is left of value.
We are not entitled to the truth, for nobody is legally obligated to tell us the truth.
We are entitled to our own opinion, and to attend to whoever we decide to listen to and ignore the rest--and to publish our own opinions as we choose, subject to the limitations of our own purses but not subject to government licensing. That's why FreeRepublic.com should be constitutionally protected--but McCain-Feingold in particular, and the FCC in general, should be thrown out root and branch.
To: veronica
"HA HA" (c)Nelson
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posted on
05/24/2003 4:03:36 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(Frustrate one liberal a day, that's all we ask.)
To: Valin
Re: public person & malice
This is from a law dictionary:
In a lawsuit for defamation (libel and slander) the existence of malice may increase the judgment to include general damages. Proof of malice is absolutely necessary for a "public figure" to win a lawsuit for defamation.
To: veronica
Advice to the NYT - when you are in the hole, stop digging. Anyone should know not to trust a reporter named Jayson or Fox Butterfield.
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posted on
05/24/2003 5:24:24 PM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
To: veronica
If Howell Raines were to resign.....He is a lefty so that is genetically impossible. That would be admitting he was wrong and lefties can't do that. Have you ever seen one do it? Look at Slick. Look at Hillary. Look at any of them. They are still claiming to be victims rather than being guilty of something, or of anything, period. No matter how guilty, they will ride it out rather than admit guilt. Remember Torrecelli? After being found guilty in court his fellow Dems refused to punish him and he refused to quit or admit guilt. He was finally forced out by the DNC (Clintons), not because he was a crook, but because he was losing the race to a Republican. The same is true of Raines. He won't be allowed to quit, not that he wants to, because that would discredit the left.
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:39:52 PM PDT
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Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
To: Wolverine
Way to go with the links to Ethics courses! Should send them to Raines and tell him he should set the example!
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:43:10 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Bush/Cheney 2004)
To: veronica
This just in:
THE NEW YORK TIMES has found a replacement that is guaranteed to bring them to an
EVEN HIGHER LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE than they were known for, before all this trouble occurred:
"YES SIR MR RAINES, I'LL GET RIGHT ON IT!!!"
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:53:07 PM PDT
by
Vetnet
("WHO'S NEXT?")
To: Vetnet
Heh heh. :)
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:53:49 PM PDT
by
veronica
(How's about a Palestinian state inside France? It could be called "Francenstine"...)
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