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This strikes me as a tough defamation case, since Trump is definitely a public figure, and would have to legally prove "actual malice". That's going to take a pretty big smoking gun memo that CNN actively decided to maliciously say false things.
Right now, CNN is probably burning and deleting stuff. I hope there IS a memo that says "hey, all on air staff must meet their quota of calling Trump racist hitler 2 times a week, we know he's not really hitler, but lets lie anyway". Then, just for the lulz, if Trump winds up owning CNN, he should hire Alex Jones as president. |
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Quoted: Did you forget project veritas got CNN people on undercover video admitting they knew they were spreading lies? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Rudy's got them now! Did you forget project veritas got CNN people on undercover video admitting they knew they were spreading lies? BOOM, and that’s just what we know about. |
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As a political office holder, Trump was a public figure. The bar for a public figure to prevail in a slander or libel case is very high.
I foresee early dismissal of the case. |
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Quoted: As a political office holder, Trump was a public figure. The bar for a public figure to prevail in a slander or libel case is very high. I foresee early dismissal of the case. View Quote Possibly but Trump’s attorneys seem to have a pretty good track record. Instead of being the hunted, Trump is now the hunter. |
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I have zero faith some cock sucker leftist judge won't axe that.
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Quoted: Go find any Alex Jones lawsuit thread. View Quote So if we're going by the Alex Jones standard, the judge must declare CNN guilty by default and in the trial for damages, the judge must also do everything they can to help Trump's lawyers. Got it. I forgot to add, the trial for damages must be held in a jurisdiction where 90% of potential jurors really hate CNN. |
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Good.
Sue the rest too. Including Fox. Fuck every single one of those corrupt organizations. |
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Quoted: So if we're going by the Alex Jones standard, the judge must declare CNN guilty by default and in the trial for damages, the judge must also do everything they can to help Trump's lawyers. Got it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Go find any Alex Jones lawsuit thread. So if we're going by the Alex Jones standard, the judge must declare CNN guilty by default and in the trial for damages, the judge must also do everything they can to help Trump's lawyers. Got it. Only in a world where shitty analogies are taken as a good argument. |
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Quoted: So if we're going by the Alex Jones standard, the judge must declare CNN guilty by default and in the trial for damages, the judge must also do everything they can to help Trump's lawyers. Got it. I forgot to add, the trial for damages must be held in a jurisdiction where 90% of potential jurors really hate CNN. View Quote I'm discussing the support for Alex Jones on this site not the merits of his case. Try to keep up. |
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Quoted: Oh, now we support defamation laws and hate free speech? It's hard to keep up with the flip-flopping around here. View Quote That statement is as retarded as claiming 2A rights after firing shots indiscriminately and killing someone. The abuse of the 1st amendment has resulted in far more deaths in this country than the 2nd described above in its full capacity with the same amount of tards ever could. |
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Quoted: I'm discussing the support for Alex Jones on this site not the merits of his case. Try to keep up. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: So if we're going by the Alex Jones standard, the judge must declare CNN guilty by default and in the trial for damages, the judge must also do everything they can to help Trump's lawyers. Got it. I forgot to add, the trial for damages must be held in a jurisdiction where 90% of potential jurors really hate CNN. I'm discussing the support for Alex Jones on this site not the merits of his case. Try to keep up. So blatantly thread sliding. |
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Quoted: Do you ever do anything besides troll? /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/bubbles_zps5bf5952f_GIF-110.gif View Quote It's a Trump thread they are so infatuated with him they can't help themselves. |
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Quoted: As a political office holder, Trump was a public figure. The bar for a public figure to prevail in a slander or libel case is very high. I foresee early dismissal of the case. View Quote Did you forget about the time CNN was recorded admitting they knew they were spreading lies? It wasn't that long ago. |
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Yet another lawsuit filed that the filer knows will lose. When it gets dismissed, 87% of ARFCOM will claim it's because the fix was in, that the Courts are conspiring against him and that justice is dead. This is pure showmanship.
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Quoted: Yet another lawsuit filed that the filer knows will lose. When it gets dismissed, 87% of ARFCOM will claim it's because the fix was in, that the Courts are conspiring against him and that justice is dead. This is pure showmanship. View Quote I think that if the fbi was legit, you would be on a list with your Trump hate posts lately. Holy shit. Then again,... maybe it just part of the trusted plan. And you are. |
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Quoted: So if we're going by the Alex Jones standard, the judge must declare CNN guilty by default and in the trial for damages, the judge must also do everything they can to help Trump's lawyers. Got it. I forgot to add, the trial for damages must be held in a jurisdiction where 90% of potential jurors really hate CNN. View Quote Well, a couple problems here. The "Alex Jones standard" would require that CNN fail repeatedly to comply with discovery. You can reasonably assume that they won't. Second, and far more importantly, Trump is a public figure. The people Jones defamed were not. When it comes to defamation actions, the difference is enomous. So your assertion fails pretty hard. |
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Quoted: Well, a couple problems here. The "Alex Jones standard" would require that CNN fail repeatedly to comply with discovery. You can reasonable assume that they won't. Second, and far more importantly, Trump is a public figure. The people Jones defamed were not. When it comes to defamation actions, the difference is enomous. So your assertion fails pretty hard. View Quote |
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He’s right but he won’t win. I’m happy to see him go after CNN and make them waste money.
I think Facebook and Twitter are far bigger, more active participants in defaming people by manipulating information flow. |
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Quoted: Yet another lawsuit filed that the filer knows will lose. When it gets dismissed, 87% of ARFCOM will claim it's because the fix was in, that the Courts are conspiring against him and that justice is dead. This is pure showmanship. View Quote The fact is that if it gets dismissed it will confirm for many that justice is in fact dead, at least for now. |
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Quoted: The fact is that if it gets dismissed it will confirm for many that justice is in fact dead, at least for now. View Quote When it gets dismissed, and people decide it means justice is dead, it will confirm that 87% of Americans are in desperate need of a basic civics class. There is a reason public figures cannot successfully sue for defamation except under the most unusual circumstances, and it is a good reason. If they could sue under the same standards as private citizens, it would basically prevent any criticism of the political class. Could you survive if, say, Biden could sue you for every Internet post saying he is senile? Or would you avoid posting to avoid the lawsuits? |
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The Supreme Court has already ruled that freedom of speech limits the abilities for a public official to sue for libel/slander.... Current or former public figures get little to no protections.
This is why biden can't sue you for talking shit about him either.. Sorry to stomp on everyone's parade. This will go nowhere. |
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Generally speaking he may have a case, but historically his choice in legal teams doesn't seem to be great.
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Quoted: The Supreme Court has already ruled that freedom of speech limits the abilities for a public official to sue for libel/slander.... Current or former public figures get little to no protections. This is why biden can't sue you for talking shit about him either.. Sorry to stomp on everyone's parade. This will go nowhere. View Quote I agree, but at some point the press’ ability to push known falsehood or highly spun opinion pieces as “news” has to be challenged. |
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I heard them call us incest kids, bigots, racists,” Sandmann said.
His filing against NBC-Universal and MSNBC reportedly asked for $275 million in damages. CNN and the Washington Post both settled defamation lawsuits from Sandmann in 2020 for undisclosed amounts. https://nypost.com/2021/12/18/covington-catholic-graduate-nicholas-sandmann-settlement-with-nbc/ I hope Trump wins bigly, Kyle too. |
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Quoted: I heard them call us incest kids, bigots, racists,” Sandmann said. His filing against NBC-Universal and MSNBC reportedly asked for $275 million in damages. CNN and the Washington Post both settled defamation lawsuits from Sandmann in 2020 for undisclosed amounts. https://nypost.com/2021/12/18/covington-catholic-graduate-nicholas-sandmann-settlement-with-nbc/ I hope Trump wins bigly, Kyle too. View Quote Sandmann was not a public figure. Trump is. Completely different things. |
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