To the first, completely untrue, all they have to prove is that the claims were false and that said claims damaged their reputations and future opportunities which is of course easy to prove by simply playing what was said of them by the media and posting any of the tens of thousands or more social media posts smearing them every way possible as a result.
The death threats, bomb threats etc are all recorded as well and admissible for the purpose of showing damages.
No the 1st Amendment is not a license to defame, slander, or libel anyone.
The coverage was so negatively biased against the students and school it isn’t even questionable, that’s a ridiculous claim on it’s face.
There was absolutely nothing to support the phony Indian/Vietnam Vet’s claims and the same media outlets had the video/audio covering the event and a duty to review it before running with the story.
I never said they shouldn’t apologize. Just noted that the real villains are the ones who purposely made these kids look worse than they were. And I wouldn’t be surprised if it was someone who didn’t have the left’s best interests in mind.
Article states a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Nick Sandmann against the Washington Post. Maybe this is the revolution the liberals were saying would happen with our youth.
Its too bad these youths were treated the way they were. I hope the court will side in his favor.
After I saw the Twitter vid of them harassing the young woman I knew they were the little jerks they were presented to be. They got off easy in my book.
Yes, I’m sure his libel suit against the Washington Post will be a big winner. For the Post, their lawyers, and his lawyers. Not so much for little Nicky, unless he’s actually looking for a little publici… oops. My bad. Wins all around!
They won’t get a dime. Newspapers reported the facts as they were at the time. Even those journalistic perfectionists at Fox News did as well. And when the kids were cleared, the Post reported that. The faux outrage never ends.
Yeah, this is the very definition of fluff lawsuit that is just going to clog up the courts and waste time. I suspect we’re going to see either of two outcomes:
“Our client and WaPo have reached an settlement we can not disclose.”
Case dismissed because lawsuit-happy attorneys are unable to prove the damages they claim.
I wonder is there was a fundraising campaign for legal fees? If so, we can probably predict when the case will end by dividing the amount raised by the weekly burn rate once WAPO starts flooding them with discovery…
