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I certainly agree that the decision is theirs alone.
But I would like to see this go to the SC just to see what they have to say about it.
Not sure why it would go there. Libel\Slander laws are pretty well established.
What happened here is nothing new in the internet era where rushing to report and ESPECIALLY if you can make the story about Trump creates ratings buzz.
They got fast and sloppy (aka negligent) which doesn't have to be intentional to be a viable lawsuit.
The pile-on commentary by some of the "infotainers" sure didn't help matters either.
We've had a lot of people posting dishonest talking points about how "opinion" is fully protected....it isn't.
Also people making claims that the media has to be shown to be acting to intentionally harm....nope, that's not true either.
In short people have been getting bad partisan information and then regurgitating it without thought.
Hey look! They didn't learn anything from Covington after all. Heck, we still have nutjobs claiming the kids were the aggressors etc. I mean seriously, that's nuts.
Not sure why it would go there. Libel\Slander laws are pretty well established.
What happened here is nothing new in the internet era where rushing to report and ESPECIALLY if you can make the story about Trump creates ratings buzz.
They got fast and sloppy (aka negligent) which doesn't have to be intentional to be a viable lawsuit.
The pile-on commentary by some of the "infotainers" sure didn't help matters either.
We've had a lot of people posting dishonest talking points about how "opinion" is fully protected....it isn't.
Also people making claims that the media has to be shown to be acting to intentionally harm....nope, that's not true either.
In short people have been getting bad partisan information and then regurgitating it without thought.
Hey look! They didn't learn anything from Covington after all. Heck, we still have nutjobs claiming the kids were the aggressors etc. I mean seriously, that's nuts.
They (CNN, WaPo, etc) aren't the only ones playing fast and loose these days. I'd like to see how far this ruling goes. I'm not a law person. Will (or can) a lower court ruling set precedence for the entire nation? Could this challenge the limits of what is acceptable in journalism?
Yep, this is exactly what many here on CD predicted would happen! I thought he would get something, maybe like $10K settlement, but I have a feeling, he was probably offered a significant settlement in the beginning and his parents probably encouraged him to reject it.
If I were his parents I would have been furious at him, for the way he smirked and acted so disrespectful to the Older
Indian Gentleman.
I would have grounded him and insist he make a public apology.
The fact that instead of talking to their Son/grounding him, the parents sued speaks volumes.
Now I see why he acts the way he does/did.
If I were his parents I would have been furious at him, for the way he smirked and acted so disrespectful to the Older
Indian Gentleman.
I would have grounded him and insist he make a public apology.
The fact that instead of talking to their Son/grounding him, the parents sued speaks volumes.
Now I see why he acts the way he does/did.
Yep. You can tell that he’s s punk just by looking at him.
I still wish that old Indian had coldcocked him right in that smug face of his.
Yes, I feel the same way, I can definitely see why so many people assumed Snadmann was to blame here, unfortunately for him, he has 'one of those faces' where it appears like he is being smug (when he really is not), its not his fault or anything, but its something he should recognize by now at his age.
They should have arrested the racist old fool and his racists a-hole friends that approached and bullied Nick Sandman. It's a shame there was no adult to defend these children from this racist thug. Someone should have shoved that little dimestore tom-tom up his azz.
So far-it's only one judge-appeal to a higher court.
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