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2019-10-29 Home Front: Culture Wars
Judge Reverses Self & Allows Nick Sandmann to Sue WaPo Scum
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Posted by Lex 2019-10-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 A big deal. Seems at first glance as if the judge merely opened the door a crack - he's limiting the discovery to three out of 33 alleged false and defamatory statements and actions by defendant WaPo - but on inspection, the door is now wide open to all kinds of discovery.

Cornell Law Professor William Jacobson summarizes the impact at his excellent "Legal Insurrection" blog/news aggregator site:

While on the surface a relatively narrow ruling, reopening only a limited number of factual claims, it is in fact a big win for Sandmann His attorneys now get to take discovery on the WaPo process that went into the story. That inquiry will not be limited to the three factual statements, because the process by which those statements made it into the WaPo reporting is the same process by which all the dismissed statements were reported. The entire process will be subject to depositions and document discovery. Sandmann’s attorneys likely will find facts to bolster a number of their claims, so expect a Second Amended Complaint with the results of the discovery process..
Posted by Lex 2019-10-29 01:17||   2019-10-29 01:17|| Front Page Top

#2 ''Austere Religious Student Seeks Discovery from WaPo''
Posted by Fred 2019-10-29 01:22||   2019-10-29 01:22|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ Snark of the YEAR!
Brilliant, Fred. Well-played.
Posted by Lex 2019-10-29 01:29||   2019-10-29 01:29|| Front Page Top

#4 They'll just interpret it as an attack on journalism. Nobody will be convinced. The fact that the Covington kids did nothing wrong is supported by evidence. But all they'll see is "racists attacking our journalists for fake reasons".

Like Agent Mulder said, "I want to believe". And you'll never, ever convince them that we're right about anything. We are The Other to them. They care as much about us as we care about an Afghani goatherder.
Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-10-29 06:35||   2019-10-29 06:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Afghani goatherders unite!
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-10-29 08:44||   2019-10-29 08:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Seems some people's only piece of advice is just give up. Why not program this macro to make commenting easier:

"Take the advice leftists give women regarding rape: Do not resist, lie back and enjoy it."
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-29 08:47||   2019-10-29 08:47|| Front Page Top

#7 They'll just interpret it as an attack on journalism.

Which it is, but naturally it's misinterpreted. They attacked Nick Sandmann first; this is a counterpunch (one of many) and I hope Jeff Bezos loses the fight. I think he's inclined to make it a war of attrition and huge legal bills; that's the only way WaPo's gonna win.
Posted by Raj 2019-10-29 09:58||   2019-10-29 09:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Defamation cases are always an uphill battle but Sandmann's attorney has an outstanding track record in such cases. Don't bet against him.

Interesting that the judge in reopening the case appears to focus on the strongest pillars in the complaint. There is no question that WaPo scum falsely and maliciously reported that the kid physically assaulted the nutjob drum-banger/provocateur rather than v-v by blicking his oath and getting in his face.

The exact opposite of what happened, as was obvious immediately to anyone who took the trouble to watch any of the numerous long videos that were published almost immediately by many different eyewitnesses.
Posted by Lex  2019-10-29 10:16||   2019-10-29 10:16|| Front Page Top

#9 * blocking his path
Posted by Lex  2019-10-29 10:17||   2019-10-29 10:17|| Front Page Top

#10 #2 Fred is in top form!
Posted by JohnQC 2019-10-29 12:38||   2019-10-29 12:38|| Front Page Top

#11 When you see that deal on Amazon remember both WaPo and Amazon are Bezo's pets.

Posted by 3dc 2019-10-29 14:07||   2019-10-29 14:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Here's hoping Sandmann gets his just reward. The media crucified him and threw away the cross before it even hit the evening news.
Posted by jpal 2019-10-29 14:13||   2019-10-29 14:13|| Front Page Top

#13 $50m compensatory and $200m punitive.

As the complaint notes, $250m is the price that Bezos the predatory pricer and would-be monopolist paid to take over WaPo.
Posted by Lex 2019-10-29 15:40||   2019-10-29 15:40|| Front Page Top

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