Should gun manufacturers sue news outlets for slander?

[Stormy Daniels]

Freedom of speech and freedom of press does not protect outright lies. And when it comes to coverage of gun violence many in the media are doing exactly that. Why was today's incident at Google covered at all? What about it is so significant that all the national media stopped in its tracks?

Violence happens every single day, and that has been the case for a million years. So many of the pundits keep claiming that "these incidents" are becoming more and more common in their attempts to paint the image that outlawing guns has to happen soon, otherwise the people will revolt. But it's patently false. Gun violence isn't increasing. It's been declining for decades. "These incidents" aren't becoming more common. The news is just reporting more and more of them, looking to pick any background incident it can find and elevate it to some kind of faux catastrophe. The false reporting harms the reputation of these gun manufacturers who are being vilified through lies.

 

[HappyJoy]

Let me get this straight. You think gun manufactures should sue the media for reporting on incidents such as what happened today at Youtube headquarters?

I'm no lawyer but...

 

[Stormy Daniels]

Let me get this straight. You think gun manufactures should sue the media for reporting on incidents such as what happened today at Youtube headquarters?

No.

 

[HappyJoy]

Sure sounds that way.

 

[Confounding]

Violence happens every single day, and that has been the case for a million years.

3.5 billion years, actually.

 

[blackhawk]

While I don't think this will happen and they would lose if they attempted to sue it's no less silly than thinking about trying to sue gun manufactures over mass shootings which I have heard suggested before.

 

[rightwinger]

30,000 people a year killed by guns

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Violence happens every single day, and that has been the case for a million years.

3.5 billion years, actually.

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[Confounding]

Violence happens every single day, and that has been the case for a million years.

3.5 billion years, actually.

4.2

Well I'll be damned.

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[C_Clayton_Jones]

Freedom of speech and freedom of press does not protect outright lies. And when it comes to coverage of gun violence many in the media are doing exactly that. Why was today's incident at Google covered at all? What about it is so significant that all the national media stopped in its tracks?

Violence happens every single day, and that has been the case for a million years. So many of the pundits keep claiming that "these incidents" are becoming more and more common in their attempts to paint the image that outlawing guns has to happen soon, otherwise the people will revolt. But it's patently false. Gun violence isn't increasing. It's been declining for decades. "These incidents" aren't becoming more common. The news is just reporting more and more of them, looking to pick any background incident it can find and elevate it to some kind of faux catastrophe. The false reporting harms the reputation of these gun manufacturers who are being vilified through lies.

Yes, conservatives are truly this ignorant.

 

[Thinker101]

30,000 people a year killed by guns

Yup, don't ya just hate having a gun that wants to run around town and kill people...bad gun.

 

[HappyJoy]

30,000 people a year killed by guns

Yup, don't ya just hate having a gun that wants to run around town and kill people...bad gun.

Don't do drugs boys and girls.

Somebody needs to retire that ridiculous talking point.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Let me get this straight. You think gun manufactures should sue the media for reporting on incidents such as what happened today at Youtube headquarters?

No.

"Why was today's incident at Google covered at all? "

lol

Because it's news.

And it was YouTube.

 

[Thinker101]

30,000 people a year killed by guns

Yup, don't ya just hate having a gun that wants to run around town and kill people...bad gun.

Don't do drugs boys and girls.

Somebody needs to retire that ridiculous talking point.

Hey, how about both talking points get retired?

 

[HappyJoy]

30,000 people a year killed by guns

Yup, don't ya just hate having a gun that wants to run around town and kill people...bad gun.

Don't do drugs boys and girls.

Somebody needs to retire that ridiculous talking point.

Hey, how about both talking points get retired?

You mean how many people are killed by guns per year? Since when is that a talking point?

 

[Thinker101]

30,000 people a year killed by guns

Yup, don't ya just hate having a gun that wants to run around town and kill people...bad gun.

Don't do drugs boys and girls.

Somebody needs to retire that ridiculous talking point.

Hey, how about both talking points get retired?

You mean how many people are killed by guns per year? Since when is that a talking point?

Really!?

 

[Pogo]

Freedom of speech and freedom of press does not protect outright lies. And when it comes to coverage of gun violence many in the media are doing exactly that. Why was today's incident at Google covered at all? What about it is so significant that all the national media stopped in its tracks?

Violence happens every single day, and that has been the case for a million years. So many of the pundits keep claiming that "these incidents" are becoming more and more common in their attempts to paint the image that outlawing guns has to happen soon, otherwise the people will revolt. But it's patently false. Gun violence isn't increasing. It's been declining for decades. "These incidents" aren't becoming more common. The news is just reporting more and more of them, looking to pick any background incident it can find and elevate it to some kind of faux catastrophe. The false reporting harms the reputation of these gun manufacturers who are being vilified through lies.

A corporation can't sue for "slander". Only people can do that. And when they do they'd need evidence that the accused knew it was false and put it out intentionally. (Besides which, if the intended defendant is "the news media" --- which is an abstract concept that also can't be sued, but if it could --- the charge would be libel, not 'slander'.)

But that's just to address the title. The OP text not only fails to do that, it's a word salad of incoherent nonsense.

 

[Pete7469]

Perhaps individual gun owners should sue the media for slandering them. A massive class action suit would bankrupt the whole mess.

I'll throw in $1000.

Multiply that by a million NRA members and you've got a billion dollars in lawyers fees.


Anyone know a lawyer who wants a billion dollars?

 

[Stormy Daniels]

A corporation can't sue for "slander". Only people can do that.

Says who?

 

[Pogo]

Let me get this straight. You think gun manufactures should sue the media for reporting on incidents such as what happened today at Youtube headquarters?

No.

Weird. That's exactly how I read it too.

Guess that's why I called it incoherent nonsense.