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Trump suing CNN (1 Viewer)

This is apparently the article that is alleged to contain defamatory statements:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/13/opinions/mueller-report-trump-russia-opinion-noble/index.html

Does anyone want to take a crack at finding something remotely defamatory in it? I don't see anything.

(To be defamatory, a statement must be false, it must be a statement of fact rather than opinion, and in this context the author had to know that the statement was false, or have serious doubts about its truth.)

 
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Maurile Tremblay said:
This is apparently the article that is alleged to contain defamatory statements:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/13/opinions/mueller-report-trump-russia-opinion-noble/index.html

Does anyone want to take a crack at finding something remotely defamatory in it? I don't see anything.

(To be defamatory, a statement must be false, it must be a statement of fact rather than opinion, and in this context the author had to either know that the statement was false, or have serious doubts about its truth.)
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They know the suits will likely be thrown out.

They just want conservative media to run with the headlines.  And to try and intimidate the press.

 
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SaintsInDome2006 said:
Probably some really juicy discovery opportunities by NYT, Wapo & CNN.
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Op-ed yesterday suggested the legal departments should push for immediate discovery instead of filing to have them dismissed.  Would be fun to see how fast Trump backtracked to avoid that, but no lawyer's going to let that happen.

 
Dinsy Ejotuz said:
They know the suits will likely be thrown out.

They just want conservative media to run with the headlines.  And to try and intimidate the press.
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Maw!  Paw!  Come quick!  The guy on the Fox TV done said Donnie suein' the CNN!  Wooo!  'Bought dang time he sued them sum#####es!

 
This is apparently the statement that Trump takes issue with:

"The Trump campaign assessed the potential risks and benefits of again seeking Russia's help in 2020 and has decided to leave that option on the table."

That's not defamatory. Trump was asked if he'd accept information about his opponent from a foreign country like Russia or China and he said yes. That's leaving the option on the table.

 
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Honestly don’t even care what they wrote. If he sues them and wins, what does he get? A few million dollars? He’s a billionaire. He’s wasting our ####### time

 
Maurile Tremblay said:
This is apparently the statement that Trump takes issue with:

"The Trump campaign assessed the potential risks and benefits of again seeking Russia's help in 2020 and has decided to leave that option on the table."

That's not defamatory. Trump was asked if he'd accept information about his opponent from a foreign country like Russia or China and he said yes. That's leaving the option on the table.
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:shrug:

"again seeking" looks like it could be actionable - but not something he really wants to litigate.

This is more fodder for the faithful, than actual lawsuit that will be vigorously pursued.  It also serves as a warning shot to media companies to play nice, or get bogged down in litigation.

But, I think when CNN notices Trump's deposition, we may see a change of heart.

 
Maurile Tremblay said:
This is apparently the statement that Trump takes issue with:

"The Trump campaign assessed the potential risks and benefits of again seeking Russia's help in 2020 and has decided to leave that option on the table."

That's not defamatory. Trump was asked if he'd accept information about his opponent from a foreign country like Russia or China and he said yes. That's leaving the option on the table.
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Maybe Trump is disputing the claim that the campaign assessed the potential risk?

 
Just to follow up on the "again seeking" - it implies that Trump did this in 2016, which he denies.  And, it mischaracterized his statement that he would have to think about accepting help from a foreign government - which is different than affirmatively seeking it out.

 
jm192 said:
Honestly don’t even care what they wrote. If he sues them and wins, what does he get? A few million dollars? He’s a billionaire. He’s wasting our ####### time
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There is 0% chance he wins this.  I agree with @Dinsy Ejotuz that he is just looking to score some Fox News headlines, take a few victory laps and then drop them.  I hope CNN pushes for discovery instead of dismissal.  I haven't read the complaint, but I'm curious how they arrived at the damages figure.  

CNN’s actions show willful misconduct, malice, fraud, wantonness, oppression and that entire want of care which raises a presumption of conscious indifference to the consequences, and accordingly the Campaign is entitled to an award of punitive damages against CNN
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I would think CNN has a better case at seeking damages against Trump for his repeated claims that CNN is "fake news".

 
Sinn Fein said:
I'll bite - how is he wasting your time.  (The irony of making this complaint while posting on a magic football board is not lost on me...)
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Fair enough. It’s still irritating that while we we’re dealing with the coronavirus and the stock market plummeting, he’s using this as another means to divide his attention.

 
jm192 said:
Fair enough. It’s still irritating that while we we’re dealing with the coronavirus and the stock market plummeting, he’s using this as another means to divide his attention.
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I think you have this backwards...

The coronavirus and stock market are distracting him from what is really important: Owning Libs and getting re-elected.

 
jm192 said:
Fair enough. It’s still irritating that while we we’re dealing with the coronavirus and the stock market plummeting, he’s using this as another means to divide his attention.
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Watch for him to use this to slip in a few SS cuts. You know, while all the old folks are distracted.

 
Maurile Tremblay said:
This is apparently the statement that Trump takes issue with:

"The Trump campaign assessed the potential risks and benefits of again seeking Russia's help in 2020 and has decided to leave that option on the table."

That's not defamatory. Trump was asked if he'd accept information about his opponent from a foreign country like Russia or China and he said yes. That's leaving the option on the table.
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Thanks, I hadn't even bothered to read the claim. Trump has sued NYT, Wapo & CNN, and I'd imagine these will go the same way Nunes' suits are going, straight down the :toilet: .

 
I think it's nice Trump's already finding new hobbies to occupy himself with after he's out of office in January. Good for him.

 
Maurile Tremblay said:
This is apparently the article that is alleged to contain defamatory statements:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/13/opinions/mueller-report-trump-russia-opinion-noble/index.html

Does anyone want to take a crack at finding something remotely defamatory in it? I don't see anything.

(To be defamatory, a statement must be false, it must be a statement of fact rather than opinion, and in this context the author had to know that the statement was false, or have serious doubts about its truth.)
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Sullivan-a-#####, I can't find anything. Maybe he should have tried to versus the NY Times. 

 
Maurile Tremblay said:
This is apparently the article that is alleged to contain defamatory statements:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/13/opinions/mueller-report-trump-russia-opinion-noble/index.html

Does anyone want to take a crack at finding something remotely defamatory in it? I don't see anything.

(To be defamatory, a statement must be false, it must be a statement of fact rather than opinion, and in this context the author had to know that the statement was false, or have serious doubts about its truth.)
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It is all about ego and headlines with Trump.  Trump has zero aptitude for science and legal issues and steps in it everytime he tries.  And to be a Trump advisor you must go along with every hairbrain thing he says. 

 
@jm192 I’m suing you if you don’t change the thread title to the correct spelling. Thats....I don’t know, making is all look stupid. It may be a weak case...

 
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We can all laugh at how silly this lawsuit is, but if Trump gets re-elected, I'm genuinely fearful that we'll see more media companies start to "play ball". Not the Times or the Post, perhaps, but lots of smaller ones, and especially those owned by mega-corporations with other business before the government. Or we may see, for example, diversified companies that own local TV stations decide to sell them to Sinclair.

Read up on what happened in Hungary under Viktor Orban and tell me the same thing couldn't happen here.

 
Trump sues everybody all the time, loses most of the time, but for his naive base now their first impression is that if there wasn’t something to sue for he wouldn’t be suing. 

 
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