Trump sues CNN for $475 million for calling him insurrectionist, racist, Russian-lackey, & compared him to Hitler, to "defeat him politically"

[basquebromance]

Mark Geragos ties the death of DC circuit court Judge Lawrence Silberman to Trump's CNN lawsuit, now that NYT V Sullivan could be overturned

The momentum to overturn NYT v. Sullivan is building, but this is an issue where state legislatures can proactively blunt the harm

 

[The Original Tree]

How'd that lawsuit against Hillary turn out for him?

Hillary had to pay his legal fees and damages.

 

[Winston]

The media is free to choose sides. Since Pseudo-Con legend Ronnie Raygun halted the use of the Fairness Doctrine, the commentators are free to express their opinions without the need for the network to air opposing points of view. They can broadcast from an Neo-GOP perspective like Faux or more Dem friendly like MSNBC or CNN 24/7/365.

Ah yes, the Fairness Doctrine. A television station could not express a political editorial without giving equal time to the opposing view. I remember the days well. In the 1970's we watched the local news on WSOC-TV out of Charlotte, NC. Then we switched to CBS and Walter Cronkite. Cronkite and CBS was real journalism, "and that is the way it is".

But the local station, now owned by Sinclair Broadcasting, was then, as of course they are now, a conservative, right leaning institution. They would end their local broadcast most evenings with an editorial by the producer, right before the national news--about 6:25pm.

I was ten in 1972, already interested in politics. I had a bedtime, but I set my alarm for 1:45 AM, got up, and snuck into the living room to quietly watch the opposition get their equal time, right before sign-off. At this same time, I had subscriptions to Time, Newsweek, and US News and World Report. My parents were very supportive. And while I might have been supportive of the alternative view, even at ten, I realized the representatives were almost all trainwrecks. I didn't wake up that early for confirmation bias, I woke up that early because it was better than watching Saturday Night Live.

The point is don't bemoan the loss of the Fairness Doctrine. Because it sure as hell wasn't "fair", and from what I saw, it actually did more harm than good. Those clowns that got airtime right before signoff were just that, clowns, and they weren't going to sway anyone's opinion.

 

[Winston]

Filthy fucked in the head TDS’ing Libs-
“Every case against Trump is a golden slam-dunk!”

Filthy fucked in the head TDS’ing Libs-
“No case brought by Trump has merit.”

hahaha….geee, I wonder why nobody sane and truly legitimate takes you bottom feeding degenerate abnormals seriously.

I got to hand it to you. Of all the usernames on this messageboard, yours is certainly the most appropriate.

 

[22lcidw]

Trump is like a teenage boy who just got informed halfway through this first date that “it’s just not working out. Can you take me home please?” Teen Trump not having the wherewithal to formulate a coherent thought blurts out “Yeah, well you’re fat!”

Cuomo is on another network now. He is part of the shills who destroyed Trump every day. Having four pickup trucks with a rope tied to them and to each of Cuomo's limbs all driving in different directions with his family forced to look on is too good for him. Accessory to murders and destruction of our nation. Yet he is hired like nothing was done wrong.

 

[XponentialChaos]

He knows he‘s not going to win this.

He just wants attention.

 

[WEATHER53]

Persistently maintaining and furthering a falsehood like CNN did is libel and slander

 

[BlindBoo]

Ah yes, the Fairness Doctrine. A television station could not express a political editorial without giving equal time to the opposing view.

It started with radio. Congress rightly surmised that no one party should control the message on any national network 24/7/365. It would limit the people rights.

The point is don't bemoan the loss of the Fairness Doctrine.

Cable TV brought a rightful end to that provision. It is even more non relevant in today's eclectic information world.