It certainly looked that way when ABC News agreed last week to settle Trump’s defamation lawsuit for $15 million (plus $1 million for Trump’s attorney fees). But not so fast. At issue was whether ABC journalist George Stephanopoulis defamed him by insisting, during a televised interview [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Libel’
May 26th, 2024 - 4:25 pm § in Law and Courts
Be careful how you lie
Negative stereotyping is as old as humanity. It probably went on in paleolithic caves. We have a caveman demographic in our society today, too, and it’s as busy as ever fabricating lies about tribes living a spear’s throw away. For example, lies about drag performers. They can say pretty[...]
Texas Gov. Abbott blames Dominion for Carlson’s firing
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) is blaming Dominion Voting Systems for Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News (read story here). He’s knee-jerk reacting to an Axios report that Carlson was fired as part of Fox’s settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Other reporting has portrayed Carlson as an out-o[...]
Murdoch faces new legal difficulties, but so what?
Dominion Voting Systems has the Fox network dead-to-rights: They lied about the company, knew they were lying, but put the lies on the air to make money. Fox is going to pay Dominion a lot of money (but can afford to). But now Fox is in another kind of hot water. Biden’s campaign ran ads [&hel[...]
Why Sidney Powell’s “no reasonable person” defense won’t save her
It might not save Sean Hannity, either. Dominion Voting Systems is suing Hannity and Powell for defamation. Sidney Powell, a Trump lawyer and high-profile promoter of his election lies, went on Hannity’s show on November 30, 2020, and said, “There was a whole plot going on and a lot of peopl[...]
November 1st, 2022 - 12:50 am § in Law and Courts
Profit drives conspiracy theories
Why are there so many conspiracy theories? Because promoting them is a lucrative business. Here in the U.S., conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of “Infowars” made millions from calling the Sandy Hook massacre a hoax, and the victims’ families “crisis actors.” A jury decided[...]
Boebert allegations resurface
By any measure, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is a buffoon. But is she a former prostitute who had two abortions? Back in June 2022, I introduced her to this blog’s readers as a showboater who “rode her fame as a pistol-packing restaurant owner in Rifle, Colorado, to Congress, where her sp[...]
Judge makes GOPers pay Democrat’s legal expenses for B.S. lawsuit
Criminal and civil penalties, where justified and warranted, are one of the best tools available for protecting our democracy. Right now, federal prosecutions of Capitol rioters are getting the most attention. Prosecutors worked through the small fry first, who mostly got fines and probation (a few [...]
August 13th, 2022 - 9:13 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Librarian sues book burners over hate speech
Amanda Jones (photo, left) is a school librarian in Louisiana. She’s also president of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians, and in that capacity, spoke against censorship at a meeting. Two men who didn’t like what she said went on social media and called her “a pedophile[...]
July 19th, 2022 - 1:02 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Indiana AG bullying abortion doctor hit with lawsuit and bar complaint
Todd Rokita (photo, right), the GOP attorney general who’s harassing a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim, is facing repercussions. Rokita falsely claimed on Fox News that Dr. Caitlin Bernard failed to report the abortion and has “a history” of reporting [...]