The Washington Post is seeking to have a Covington Catholic student’s $250 million libel lawsuit thrown out, arguing in court filings that the paper’s coverage of Nicholas Sandmann’s chaotic viral encounter at the Lincoln Memorial in January with American Indian activist Nathan Philips did not defame him.
Sandmann, through his parents, sued The Washington Post in February over his depiction in specific articles about the incident.
“He and others who were present may well have been embarrassed by the attention — and hurt by the criticism — they received,” the paper’s documents argue. “But Sandmann does not have a cause of action for libel against The Washington Post.”
The motion was filed in U.S. District Court in Covington, Kentucky.
Lawyers for the student alleged in their suit that The Post had engaged in “targeting and bullying” and modern “McCarthyism.”
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10 comments:
Bull!
They kept on pushing the fake story even after it was debunked.
It turned into another detour into the Trump Hunt.
Lead balloon. They hammered that kid for more than 3 days after the videos were out demolishing the Post's narrative! neap is toast on this one, sorry.
The NY Times will be next.
Lol running scared Mr Bezos?
Ha ha, make em pay through the nose! Idiot democrat run business!
Needs his money now after his recent divorce.
Printing falsehoods about a person even when it's known that the statements are false is the definition of libel, no?
WAPO needs to pay BIG TIME for their "fake news". Their story was not credible journalism; I'm hoping the Sandman's also get huge punitive damages.
8:30 Lol you’re probably right and I’m enjoying this way more than I should😂
About time to real in these rouge media outlets that try to hide behind 1st amendment protection while they destroy people with their fake news.
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