After an investigation conducted by the Covington Diocese turned up no evidence that 16-year-old high school student Nicholas Sandmann confronted Native American activist Nathan Phillips during a March for Life rally at the Lincoln Memorial last month, seemingly confirming that the mainstream press was incorrect to pillory the white, MAGA-hat wearing teen for a confrontation that never actually happened, lawyers for Sandmann filed the first of what are expected to be many defamation lawsuits demanding compensatory and punitive damages for leading an Internet mob that villified Sandmann and his peers.
According to Reuters, lawyers Lin Wood and Todd McMurtry are seeking $250 million in damages from the Washington Post on behalf of Sandmann, a sum equal to the amount that billionaire Jeff Bezos paid to buy the paper in 2013.
The suit claims that the paper – which helped publicize a now infamous photo that helped trigger an Internet mob that swiftly outed the teen and demanded he be punished – led the hate campaign against Sandmann – and failed to practice proper journalistic due diligence – “because he was the white, Catholic student wearing a red ‘Make America Great Again’ souvenir cap on a school field trip to the January 18 March for Life in Washington, D.C. when he was unexpectedly and suddenly confronted by Nathan Phillips (‘Phillips’), a known Native American activist, who beat a drum and sang loudly within inches of his face (‘the January 18 incident’).”
Not only did the diocese’s investigation corroborate the students’ version of events, but it also found no evidence to support Phillips’ claims that Sandmann and his fellow students had been chanting “build the wall” at the time of the confrontation. What really happened – as is now widely known – is that the students, who were marching with the pro-life rally, were verbally accosted by the Black Hebrew Israelites, who hurled homophobic slurs at the students and accosted them.
“In targeting and bullying Nicholas by falsely accusing him of instigating the January 18 incident, the Post conveyed that Nicholas engaged in acts of racism by “swarming” Phillips, “blocking” his exit away from the students, and otherwise engaging in racist misconduct,” the suit read. “The Post ignored basic journalist standards because it wanted to advance its well-known and easily documented, biased agenda against President Donald J. Trump (“the President”) by impugning individuals perceived to be supporters of the President.”
The Washington Post’s Vice President for Communications Kristine Coratti Kelly told Reuters “We are reviewing a copy of the lawsuit and we plan to mount a vigorous defense.”
Sandmann’s lawyers also accused WaPo of resorting to modern-day McCarthyism to “claim leadership of a mainstream & social media mob” of bullies who sought to attack and defame Sandmann. The suit also accused WaPo of publishing “no less than six false and defamatory articles”.
“In a span of three (3) days in January of this year commencing on January 19, the Washington Post engaged in a modern-day form of McCarthyism to claim leadership of a mainstream & social media mob of bullies which attacked, vilified & threatened Nick Sandmann, an innocent minor,” attorney Lin Wood said.
He continued: “The Post published to third parties without privilege no less than six false and defamatory articles of and concerning Nicholas, including two in its print newspaper and four online.”
According to the Daily Wire, Sandmann’s lawyers sent “letters for potential lawsuits to over 50 entities ranging from Democratic politicians to celebrities to media figures.”
That list includes journalists, media outlets and celebrities:
1. The Washington Post
2. The New York Times
3. Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN)
4. The Guardian
5. National Public Radio
6. TMZ
7. Atlantic Media Inc.
8. Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.
9. Diocese of Covington
10. Diocese of Lexington
11. Archdiocese of Louisville
12. Diocese of Baltimore
13. Ana Cabrera (CNN)
14. Sara Sidner (CNN)
15. Erin Burnett (CNN)
16. S.E. Cupp (CNN)
17. Elliot C. McLaughlin (CNN)
18. Amanda Watts (CNN)
19. Emanuella Grinberg (CNN)
20. Michelle Boorstein (Washington Post)
21. Cleve R. Wootson Jr. (Washington Post)
22. Antonio Olivo (Washington Post)
23. Joe Heim (Washington Post)
24. Michael E. Miller (Washington Post)
25. Eli Rosenberg (Washington Post)
26. Isaac Stanley-Becker (Washington Post)
27. Kristine Phillips (Washington Post)
28. Sarah Mervosh (New York Times)
29. Emily S. Rueb (New York Times)
30. Maggie Haberman (New York Times)
31. David Brooks (New York Times)
32. Shannon Doyne
33. Kurt Eichenwald
34. Andrea Mitchell (NBC/MSNBC)
35. Savannah Guthrie (NBC)
36. Joy Reid (MSNBC)
37. Chuck Todd (NBC)
38. Noah Berlatsky
39. Elisha Fieldstadt (NBC)
40. Eun Kyung Kim
41. HBO
42. Bill Maher
43. Warner Media
44. Conde Nast
45. GQ
46. Heavy.com
47. The Hill
48. The Atlantic
49. Bustle.com
50. Ilhan Omar
51. Elizabeth Warren
52. Kathy Griffin
53. Alyssa Milano
54. Jim Carrey
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Slightly off topic- I wonder if the fake Lara “I’m committing career suicide” Logan non-story will appear on TBP later today or tomorrow. That would be a good non-story to gauge who here has taken the blue pill or the red pill… or thinks they’ve taken the red pill but it’s still stuck halfway down their gullet.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-19/cbs-news-chief-policital-correspondent-breaks-ranks-admits-journalists-are-now
3 hours a watching her tits and having to listen to shameless self-promotion was more than I could take.
I listened for about five minutes and yes, those were a distraction, but not in a good way.
Hit them in the pocketbook and hold them accountable.
Grab those b*tches by the pocketbook.
The Big Money political donors will definitely take notice. If there’s anything they hate it’s wasted money on lost causes.
ENTER SANDMANN!!!
It would be great if the Bezos Post would settle and give the kid and his lawyers a chunk of money. They could use some of that money to launch individual suits against each and every one of those other scum-sucking bottom feeders. Especially Brooks and Eichenwald.
Lawyers probably working on contingency.
I read through the pdf last night and there are two claims, one for 250 million and a second one for 200 million.
I’m sure a lawyer could explain it to us.
…let’s see: 250 million X 50 = enough to finish the wall…HEY kid, i know where you can put some of that money to stop the lib-tards from increasing their voter base and keep them quiet for a long time…..
Damn, all I need is one good lawsuit.
This country is a full blown idiocracy. EOS
Was the kid physically hurt? Nope. Not even a scratch.
Was the kid emotionally damaged? Maybe for a day, or two.
So, what is the real reason for the lawsuit? Because the media didn’t practice “ignored basic journalistic standards”? Hahaha! This is news??? Defamation, threats, blah blah blah. Gimme a fucken break.
Look, I admire the kid and loathe all the media assholes and that toothless fuckwad Injun.
That being said, the real reason for the lawsuit is a Pure Money Grab. The parents were no doubt fooled by some (((scheister lawyer))) that they could get rich quick. This is such bullshit, and I’m surprised many of you are for it.
Disagree, Stuck.
After taking the high road, while finding himself at the center of a hoax controversy, he and others endured character assassination and death threats, by some of the most despicable, yet influential scum on the planet.
If there’s no repercussions for that , it will continue.
Hit them where it hurts.
Then maybe they’ll reconsider future decisions with malicious intent.
These days character assassination carries a new meaning, thanks to the pervasiveness of social media. The Covington kids may well be blacklisted from college admission and possibly even future employment.
When was the last time any of us here applied for a job? Resume and cover letter: those are now antiques. The same often goes for the employer’s hiring process-new techniques are in use to gather the information they feel is needed to get the successful hire.
I have no clue what the possible future damages might realistically be, but, as they say, if you don’t start high you will never get it.
How many of the growing list of assholes who are going to be targeted with lawsuits have a nice brown streak today on the back side of their panties? $250MM sounds a lot like “Shock and Awe” and should cause some sleepless nights for some self-entitled morons. MOAB time a’comin.
Money is the ONLY WAY, Stucky.
Why? MAMMON, that’s why.
GREED
…money talks and bullshit walks…they were given the option to apologize or be sued…they chose poorly
So you are unable to grasp that Lawfare can be used to the detriment of your enemies at the same time it may serve as a deterrent to the rest? Interesting. It hasn’t occurred to you that smashing your enemies doesn’t depend on meeting your quaint criteria for validation in order to render them just as smashed?
You don’t wanna win; you want to fulfill some lame fantasy where you’re Moses on the mountaintop, apparently.
This is why I never bother reading any article with your name on it. I always know what to expect and you continuously prove my hunches right in the comments.
You don’t appear to understand ANYTHING. Are you a Boomer?
You don’t read my articles??? Ohmigawd!!! You have no idea how devastated I am. I’m not even sure if life is worth living anymore.
What you — and so many others in this thread — are unable to grasp is that Justice is FAIR.
Let’s say the kid and his lawyer actually wins the $250 million. Explain to me what is FAIR about that verdict. What ACTUAL DAMAGE was done to the VICTIM to justify a $250 million dollar settlement? And, please, don’t regurgitate the same political crap (deterrence) you did above. Justice is about making the VICTIM whole, nothing else — another concept you are unable to grasp.
I do think the kid deserves something! A FAIR judicial ruling would be along the lines of; 1) all of those involved issuing a written apology … and if they are print media, a written retraction, 2) a small financial compensation, say, under $100k.
Your desire that they win $250 million has ZERO to do with actual justice. It has everything to do with revenge, a dish, as they say, best served cold.
Moses? I had you pegged (heh) for Marx when you had that icon that looked like Orson Welles playing Father Mapple
Good for Sandmann and his family. These social justice fascists need to be humbled. That the most that has happened to people like Sandmann has been doxing, job loss, and in some cases, physical violence (without cases like crippling, loss of eyesight or hearing, and paralysis but with serious injuries including profuse bleeding) and that no conservative/Trump supporter has died yet is actually surprising.
I hate these leftists with a passion and this whole incident reminded me yet again of how thoroughly hypocritical they are in their supposed moral superiority over us deplorables.
Laughing Boy meets Smirking Boy (beat that one Uncola)
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-20/california-college-calls-police-over-cartoon-frog