Suit by Covington Catholic student against Washington Post dismissed

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think that kid is a little sh#t.
But as a parent I’m disappointed in this ruling...

This culture of reporting what is trending is bad for all of us.
He may be a little prick, but the whole thing was misrepresented/misreported by the media for the first day or two.

Raise your kids well and you won't have to worry about things like this.

Raise your kids well, and you won't have to worry that they'll steal, mug, and murder people.

I didn’t realize the Covington Kid did any of this things.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that kid is a little sh#t.
But as a parent I’m disappointed in this ruling...

This culture of reporting what is trending is bad for all of us.
He may be a little prick, but the whole thing was misrepresented/misreported by the media for the first day or two.

A defamation suit is the wrong way to address that.

Hitting corporations in their wallet seems to be the only way.

Filing frivolous lawsuits? Great strategy.

I totally disagree that it was frivolous, and I hope they pursue it further.

With the Washington Post? They were merely quoting statements made by others. That is not defamation. You need to stop letting emotion cloud your critical thinking. You should read the Constitution and its Amendments sometime. His lawyer should be counter sued for filing a frivolous lawsuit. He should know the elements of defamation. He probably knew it was a clunker and wasted everyone's time to enhance his own profile.

I'm not an attorney, but it's disgusting that news media sources can do that (I'm not necessarily referring to this case) without penalty.

+100
Completely agree. It’s such a cop out to say, “well, we were simply repeating what so and so said...” Like the school gossip who plays passive-aggressive while spreading gossip and lies.

Trump does it all the time. "People are saying... "

Why not use your own critical thinking skills to judge what he's saying is truthful or not? Are they broken? That's not WAPO's fault.

[Anonymous]

When papers and major news sources are just reporting what trends on Twitter and social media, we are all at risk of having our lives ruined.
And can-it with the crap about raising good children/ being a person.
It’s doesn’t matter if you are a good person, if facts are irrelevant and the narrative is invented.
None of us are safe from the twitter mob.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When papers and major news sources are just reporting what trends on Twitter and social media, we are all at risk of having our lives ruined.
And can-it with the crap about raising good children/ being a person.
It’s doesn’t matter if you are a good person, if facts are irrelevant and the narrative is invented.
None of us are safe from the twitter mob.

As we found out from Russia's bot army.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When papers and major news sources are just reporting what trends on Twitter and social media, we are all at risk of having our lives ruined.
And can-it with the crap about raising good children/ being a person.
It’s doesn’t matter if you are a good person, if facts are irrelevant and the narrative is invented.
None of us are safe from the twitter mob.

I actually agree it was terrible reporting and really bad practice. That said, it didn't amount to defamation. New organizations need to get better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope he has to pay legal fees.

same - this was a frivolous suit designed to do nothing more than annoy and bother the defendants

[Anonymous]

Lin Wood whining on Twitter is hilarious.

[Anonymous]

And he has an idiot for a lawyer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that kid is a little sh#t.
But as a parent I’m disappointed in this ruling...

This culture of reporting what is trending is bad for all of us.
He may be a little prick, but the whole thing was misrepresented/misreported by the media for the first day or two.

A defamation suit is the wrong way to address that.

Hitting corporations in their wallet seems to be the only way.

Filing frivolous lawsuits? Great strategy.

I totally disagree that it was frivolous, and I hope they pursue it further.

With the Washington Post? They were merely quoting statements made by others. That is not defamation. You need to stop letting emotion cloud your critical thinking. You should read the Constitution and its Amendments sometime. His lawyer should be counter sued for filing a frivolous lawsuit. He should know the elements of defamation. He probably knew it was a clunker and wasted everyone's time to enhance his own profile.

I'm not an attorney, but it's disgusting that news media sources can do that (I'm not necessarily referring to this case) without penalty.

Yes it is obvious you are not an attorney and why is it disgusting? That’s what reporting is. Do you seriously want journalists to be liable for quotes? That would be the end of newspapers and blogs and pretty much all forms of journalism.

Use you brain.

DP

I want their opinions fact checked.

Then again I prefer reporters over journalists.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good.

+1

Correct ruling. And reassuring.

Especially from Kentucky district.

Appointed by Jimmy Carter.

Any reasonably competent judge would've made the same ruling. It was a stupid lawsuit.

+1 From a nasty, stupid kid, whom no one is ever going to want to hire except some alt-right conservative organization.

No college will admit him. Except Liberty U.

What a crock of sh*t case. Not arguing leases on what the article said, but on the “underlying gist”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wonder how much more money the kid's family will waste on an appeal.

I’m sure this is being funded y a right wing group. The parents aren’t pulling the strings here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that kid is a little sh#t.
But as a parent I’m disappointed in this ruling...

This culture of reporting what is trending is bad for all of us.
He may be a little prick, but the whole thing was misrepresented/misreported by the media for the first day or two.

A defamation suit is the wrong way to address that.

Hitting corporations in their wallet seems to be the only way.

Filing frivolous lawsuits? Great strategy.

I totally disagree that it was frivolous, and I hope they pursue it further.

With the Washington Post? They were merely quoting statements made by others. That is not defamation. You need to stop letting emotion cloud your critical thinking. You should read the Constitution and its Amendments sometime. His lawyer should be counter sued for filing a frivolous lawsuit. He should know the elements of defamation. He probably knew it was a clunker and wasted everyone's time to enhance his own profile.

Certainly the WaPo filed for Rule 11 sanctions? This is why it exists. Does anyone know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that kid is a little sh#t.
But as a parent I’m disappointed in this ruling...

This culture of reporting what is trending is bad for all of us.
He may be a little prick, but the whole thing was misrepresented/misreported by the media for the first day or two.

A defamation suit is the wrong way to address that.

Hitting corporations in their wallet seems to be the only way.

Filing frivolous lawsuits? Great strategy.

I totally disagree that it was frivolous, and I hope they pursue it further.

With the Washington Post? They were merely quoting statements made by others. That is not defamation. You need to stop letting emotion cloud your critical thinking. You should read the Constitution and its Amendments sometime. His lawyer should be counter sued for filing a frivolous lawsuit. He should know the elements of defamation. He probably knew it was a clunker and wasted everyone's time to enhance his own profile.

I'm not an attorney, but it's disgusting that news media sources can do that (I'm not necessarily referring to this case) without penalty.

+100
Completely agree. It’s such a cop out to say, “well, we were simply repeating what so and so said...” Like the school gossip who plays passive-aggressive while spreading gossip and lies.

You realize the Sandy Hook parents still haven’t gotten a judgement against Alex Jones, right? And his defense it literally: yes, I lied and ruined their lives, but I was PSYCHOTIC at the time. Right wing “news” reported Comet Ping Pong, amd no one got sued when it was shot up. Even though that was foreseeable.

Not in the mood for Cons to be atracking factually accurate reporting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope he has to pay legal fees.

same - this was a frivolous suit designed to do nothing more than annoy and bother the defendants

There was another one against CNN also, anyone know the status of that one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that kid is a little sh#t.
But as a parent I’m disappointed in this ruling...

This culture of reporting what is trending is bad for all of us.
He may be a little prick, but the whole thing was misrepresented/misreported by the media for the first day or two.

A defamation suit is the wrong way to address that.

Hitting corporations in their wallet seems to be the only way.

Filing frivolous lawsuits? Great strategy.

I totally disagree that it was frivolous, and I hope they pursue it further.

With the Washington Post? They were merely quoting statements made by others. That is not defamation. You need to stop letting emotion cloud your critical thinking. You should read the Constitution and its Amendments sometime. His lawyer should be counter sued for filing a frivolous lawsuit. He should know the elements of defamation. He probably knew it was a clunker and wasted everyone's time to enhance his own profile.

I'm not an attorney, but it's disgusting that news media sources can do that (I'm not necessarily referring to this case) without penalty.

+100
Completely agree. It’s such a cop out to say, “well, we were simply repeating what so and so said...” Like the school gossip who plays passive-aggressive while spreading gossip and lies.

You realize the Sandy Hook parents still haven’t gotten a judgement against Alex Jones, right? And his defense it literally: yes, I lied and ruined their lives, but I was PSYCHOTIC at the time. Right wing “news” reported Comet Ping Pong, amd no one got sued when it was shot up. Even though that was foreseeable.

Not in the mood for Cons to be atracking factually accurate reporting.

I’m not a conservative, and support the sandy hook parents AND this case. The 1st amendment isn’t freedom from consequences.