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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on July 27, 2020, 11:45:34 pm
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CNN's Stelter accused of breaching network's confidentiality agreement with Sandmann: 'May cost him his job'
'Brian Stelter is a liar. I know how to deal with liars,' Sandmann's attorney Lin Wood warned the CNN host
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News
CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter may have landed himself in hot water, according to the attorney of Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann.
Last week, Sandmann announced that The Washington Post settled the $250 million defamation lawsuit he filed over its botched coverage of a viral confrontation with a Native American elder that had portrayed the Kentucky teen as the aggressor. This followed the multi-million dollar settlement CNN made with the teenager back in January.
However, Sandmann's attorney Lin Wood spotted a retweet from Stelter of a tweet written by attorney Mark Zaid, who speculated about how much money the teen walked away with from the settlement.
"Those with zero legal experience (as far as I can tell) should not be conjecturing on lawsuits they know nothing about. What kind of journalism is that?" Zaid asked. "I've litigated defamation cases. [Sandmann] was undoubtedly paid nuisance value settlement & nothing more."
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https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-brian-stelter-covington-nicholas-sandmann (https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-brian-stelter-covington-nicholas-sandmann)
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Sounds like some POed CNN fools are trying to troll Sandmann into violating whatever agreement he signed, and may have gone too far.
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Sounds like some POed CNN fools are trying to troll Sandmann into violating whatever agreement he signed, and may have gone too far.
I don't think he would take the bait. He remained pretty cool when he was approached by that native American man beating the drum and all of those other black Hebrews (or whatever they call themselves).
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A bit more about this, with a WashPoster joining in:
https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/07/28/know-deal-liars-new-lawsuits-coming-cnn-wapo-breach-contract-sandmann-settlements/
“I Know How To Deal With Liarsâ€: New Lawsuits Coming For CNN, WaPo Over Breach Of Contract With Sandmann Settlements?
The first rule of Settlement Club is that you don’t talk about Settlement Club. And the second rule of Settlement Club — ah, heck, the first fifty rules of Settlement Club is that you don’t talk about settlements in lawsuits with mutual gag rules in place. Apparently that didn’t sink in at CNN or the Washington Post after both media outlets decided to quietly end the litigation brought by Nicholas Sandmann. Their employees went on social media attempting to spin the settlement and suggest that Sandmann only got a minimal payment to shut him up.
Big mistake, Sandmann attorney Lin Wood made clear almost immediately. “I know how to deal with liars,†Wood tweeted, and warned that new lawsuits would be filed unless “heads rolled†at both outlets:
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There aren’t many ways for the two outlets to win this new argument. If, for instance, the speculation was accurate, it was still protected by a confidentiality agreement — and violating that could prompt much bigger damages and punitive action if it goes to trial. If the speculation is inaccurate, then CNN, WaPo, and its employees have once again defamed and libeled Sandmann — and will be in a much tougher position than the first time around. This practically screams malice, in both the normal and the legal sense.
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A bit more about this, with a WashPoster joining in:
https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/07/28/know-deal-liars-new-lawsuits-coming-cnn-wapo-breach-contract-sandmann-settlements/
“I Know How To Deal With Liarsâ€: New Lawsuits Coming For CNN, WaPo Over Breach Of Contract With Sandmann Settlements?If the speculation is inaccurate, then CNN, WaPo, and its employees have once again defamed and libeled Sandmann — and will be in a much tougher position than the first time around. This practically screams malice, in both the normal and the legal sense.
The only thing stopping it from being malicious was that he was not already a public figure. Now that they went out of their way to make him famous, they go nothing.