CNN Settles Defamation Lawsuit with Covington Student Nicholas Sandmann(yahoo.com)

CNN Settles Defamation Lawsuit with Covington Student Nicholas Sandmann

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cnn-settles-defamation-lawsuit-covington-211655456.html

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The absolute worst part of "journalism" today, is how these organizations have a slush fund and insurance for cases where they're caught lying and destroying lives - never mind actually doing the job of verifying a story, they've just de-risked not verifying it. It is all factored into the risk-model of their operations.

For anyone following this, Elizabeth Warren got off without consequence for amplifying these smears because: "claims against them (congress men/women) are barred by sovereign immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act” [1]

So - in the US, as long as you're a serving member of congress, you can unload on a private citizen with zero consequence.

[1]: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/judge-dismisses-covington-ken...

keanzu7 lat temu

The risk model that Gawker was using apparently didn't account for Peter Thiel - who destroyed them.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-peter-thiel-destroyed...

_monster_7 lat temu