Reply With QuoteA Florida appeals court. Well, no wonder...
Still, lying will really piss advertisers off.
It's actually very difficult for a public figure to win a suit for Libel or Slander. I'd be shocked if they actually pursued this in court.
The Court of Public Opinion will likely hand down a severe enough punishment to CBS.
A Florida appeals court. Well, no wonder...
Still, lying will really piss advertisers off.
All I want to know is...
...what the does Dabney Coleman have to do with any of this?
Bush couldn't claim harm becuase the do ents are still believed to be accurate representations of the truth.
It would be damn near impossible for someone to claim harm when they are saying that the do ents allthoguh fake still depicted the truth about the president.
So it would be a 'fake, yet accurate if they were true' defense?
Part of a libel or slander suit is that they have to prove its not true. So yes a fake but accurate defense would virtually make it impossible for them to prove harm.
Then why were the docs ever important to CBS? Perhaps because if true then those docs made the story.
CBS' own experts raised multiple questions about the do ents' authenticity prior to the airing of the 60 Minutes II piece. Other journalists who had looked into the matter had serious doubts about Burkett's honesty and motives.
Bush isn't going to sue.
Public figures rarely win in cases of slander or libel -- particularly political slander or libel.
Anyway, the Court of Public Opinion is already holding a trial and the verdict is not subject to appeal.
www.gop.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=4719
RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie Statement on CBS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Christine Iverson
202-863-8614
Washington, DC--Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie issued the following statement on CBS’s admission today that memos regarding the President’s National Guard service are not real.
“We accept CBS's apology for a breach of the journalistic standards that provide the American people confidence in news organizations, but some disturbing questions remain unanswered.
“CBS has now answered questions about the authenticity of the do ents but questions remain surrounding who created the do ents, who provided them to CBS and if Senator Kerry's supporters, Party committee, or campaign played any role.
“Did Bill Burkett, Democrat activist and Kerry campaign supporter, who passed information to the DNC, work with Kerry campaign surrogate Max Cleland? Did Bill Burkett's talks with ‘senior’ Kerry campaign officials include discussions of the now discredited do ents? Was the launch of the Democrat National Committee's Operation Fortunate Son designed with knowledge of the faked forged memos? Terry McAuliffe said yesterday that no one at the DNC or Kerry campaign, ‘had anything to do with the preparations of the do ents,’ but what about the distribution or dissemination?
“In an effort to regain the trust of the American people CBS should not only investigate the process that led to the use of these do ents but they should identify immediately those engaged in possible criminal activity who attempted to use a news organization to affect the outcome of a Presidential election in its closing days.”
“In an effort to regain the trust of the American people CBS should not only investigate the process that led to the use of these do ents but they should identify immediately those engaged in possible criminal activity who attempted to use a news organization to affect the outcome of a Presidential election in its closing days.”
Will they rise to the challenge?
Damnit, what did Dan know and when did he know it?
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Yep. No bias there.
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