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Old 01-11-2017, 11:51 AM
 
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I guess we'll have Alex Jones and Breitbart taking CNN and MSNBC's place at White House Press Conferences. No more Fake News, Amen to that.
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Old 01-11-2017, 11:54 AM
 
Location: Left coast
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what no link to the Buzzfeed article....?!
O gosh darn it was pretty funny to hear Trump rail against fake news,
O THE HORROR!
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Old 01-11-2017, 12:31 PM
 
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They were a-holes. If you can't see the problem in the billionaire class being able to use the legal system to take revenge on people saying things they don't like, I guess that's that.

There was no lack of media outfits breathlessly reporting on the birth certificate hoax - a criminal allegation directed at the President - and you know that everybody in this thread would have had a screaming fit if there had been any hint of President Obama "destroying" any of those.

There's a magnificent double standard being paraded right now.
The Billionaire class? The media is part of that ruling class, the reason people use the term the fourth estate for the mainstream media is because its a part of the ruling class, the first estate (clergy) and the second estate (monarchy) was ruling during the french revolution, and the mainstream media is as corrupt and dishonest as the clergy and monarchy was during the french revolution

Its a shame it takes wealth to take on these criminals in the media, trump even pointed that out.

The mainstream media was never involved in obama birther rumors, they treated obama like a god. the media is now like a propaganda arm for the democratic party, like pravda. Even collusion in debates!

The media remained cheerleaders of Obama from the disasters in syria ,rise of isis, and a terrible foreign policy, massive leaks in the state department, bengazi, a stagnant economy, rise of black live matters,riots , increasing racial divide, terrible corruption in immigration and hud and welfare, the most Americans on food stamps and welfare in history and on and on but the mainstream media treats him like a success story.

The weird thing is they even treated obamas final speech like mccarthur or Washington's farewell address, and Obama has left the democrats in the worse shape they have been in for 100 years.

They lost both chambers of congress,presidency, major supreme court nominations . During Obama's eight years , the Democrats have lost more House, Senate, state legislative and governors seats than under any other president
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Old 01-11-2017, 12:34 PM
 
Location: Washington, DC
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CNN is now distancing itself from Buzzfeed. Jack Tapper went on earlier saying that "this story hurt us all"....

Not looking good for Buzzfeed...doubt they'll be around in a few months.
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Old 01-11-2017, 12:44 PM
 
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CNN is now distancing itself from Buzzfeed. Jack Tapper went on earlier saying that "this story hurt us all"....

Not looking good for Buzzfeed...doubt they'll be around in a few months.
Jake Tapper and CNN have "seen the light" ..... but it's probably too late.
75% (according to polls) Don't TRUST the News Media ..... this is why.
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Old 01-11-2017, 12:48 PM
 
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Buzzfeed destroyed itself.

CNN isn't that far behind.
That is the accurate analysis. They are doing it to themselves by being dishonest and people recognize dishonesty in media and government having seen so much of it.
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Old 01-11-2017, 01:02 PM
 
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You really should read this because what you just wrote is entirely incorrect.

Defamation Law: The Basics - FindLaw


Not even discussing if he should or if he has a case but he most certainly CAN sue over this.
Not entirely incorrect.

Proving intent is sometimes hard to do. Ask Comey. He couldn't prove Billiary's intent.

Goes back to the ol song, "I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded". All a defendant has to do is say we thought it was true at the time.

If it were easy to sue for being defamed or slandered, we would need twice as many lawyers, G-d forbid, and more courts. Buzzed can get around any libel lawsuit.

Can you sue a sitting POTUS? Can a POTUS sue somebody? He would never have time for a deposition.
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Old 01-11-2017, 01:23 PM
 
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All a defendant has to do is say we thought it was true at the time.
How do you think that defense is going to work out after they ran the story with caveats about it not being verified?

I'm hoping he doesn't sue, heck Buzzfeed and CNN just gave Trump a yuge gift by falling for this hoax.

However, in this situation they've clearly gone beyond the extra protections afforded them in writing about a public figure.

Also, there were many crap articles out there about Clinton, Obama, Bush etc etc. that were just as bad and they probably could have sued but didn't.
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Old 01-11-2017, 01:30 PM
 
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CNN is now distancing itself from Buzzfeed. Jack Tapper went on earlier saying that "this story hurt us all"....

Not looking good for Buzzfeed...doubt they'll be around in a few months.
Actually CNN is telling Trumps team to basically bring it on.

CNN's response to Trump's accusations of false reporting - CNNPolitics.com

Might want to get things straight.
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Old 01-11-2017, 01:33 PM
 
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The Billionaire class? The media is part of that ruling class, the reason people use the term the fourth estate for the mainstream media is because its a part of the ruling class, the first estate (clergy) and the second estate (monarchy) was ruling during the french revolution, and the mainstream media is as corrupt and dishonest as the clergy and monarchy was during the french revolution

Its a shame it takes wealth to take on these criminals in the media, trump even pointed that out.

The mainstream media was never involved in obama birther rumors, they treated obama like a god. the media is now like a propaganda arm for the democratic party, like pravda. Even collusion in debates!

The media remained cheerleaders of Obama from the disasters in syria ,rise of isis, and a terrible foreign policy, massive leaks in the state department, bengazi, a stagnant economy, rise of black live matters,riots , increasing racial divide, terrible corruption in immigration and hud and welfare, the most Americans on food stamps and welfare in history and on and on but the mainstream media treats him like a success story.

The weird thing is they even treated obamas final speech like mccarthur or Washington's farewell address, and Obama has left the democrats in the worse shape they have been in for 100 years.

They lost both chambers of congress,presidency, major supreme court nominations . During Obama's eight years , the Democrats have lost more House, Senate, state legislative and governors seats than under any other president
Man, that's some stream-of-consciousness typing.

Why don't you take a look at Breitbart and count the instances of "traitor" and "usurper" - actual accusations of actual crimes, not rumors of sexual impropriety. Would you have meekly accepted a lawsuit on Obama's part with the intent to shutdown Breitbart? We both know the answer to that.

This energetic insistence on silencing people who states the unpopular viewpoint - let's just say there is unpleasant historical precedence.
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