Devin Nunes sues MSNBC
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https://newsthud.com/nunes-files-lawsuit-against-msnbc-over-rachel-maddow-attack/
California Republican Devin Nunes is suing cable news network MSNBC over an attack from their star host Rachel Maddow.
Per the NY Post Nunes ‘claims Maddow and MSNBC have shown “hostility, hatred, extreme bias, spite and ill-will” in their coverage of him, the suit says’
Nunes says in the lawsuit she target him because he’s “the most prominent skeptic in Congress of Maddow’s marquee news narrative from 2017 to 2019: that the Trump campaign colluded with Russians to hack the 2016 presidential elections.”
The report adds:
In the lawsuit, Nunes specifically took issue with comments Maddow made during her March 18 show where she claimed the Congressman had refused to hand a package he’d received from a suspected Russian agent to the FBI — a claim he refutes.
“Congressman Nunes has refused to answer questions about what he received from Andriy Derkach. He has refused to show the contents of the package to other members of the intelligence community,” Maddow said on air, according to the suit.
“He has refused to hand it over to the FBI which is what you should do if you get something from somebody who is sanctioned by the US as a Russian agent.”
Nunes claims MSNBC and Maddow knew he’d told other reporters he had given the package to the FBI.
He argues that MSNBC did not go to him for comment prior to airing the claims, which Nunes claims is proof of malice.
Good luck with that.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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I think it's high time to revisit libel and slander laws.
It would certainly tamp down some silliness...
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I think it's high time to revisit libel and slander laws.
It would certainly tamp down some silliness...
@jolly said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
I think it's high time to revisit libel and slander laws.
Schiff, Radler, Brennan and others appeared on Maddow's show as well as others touting the RUSSIA! story.
"We have evidence!"
Which they never produced.
Perhaps they should be "cancelled" for promoting unverified stories?
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@jolly said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
I think it's high time to revisit libel and slander laws.
Schiff, Radler, Brennan and others appeared on Maddow's show as well as others touting the RUSSIA! story.
"We have evidence!"
Which they never produced.
Perhaps they should be "cancelled" for promoting unverified stories?
@george-k said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
@jolly said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
I think it's high time to revisit libel and slander laws.
Schiff, Radler, Brennan and others appeared on Maddow's show as well as others touting the RUSSIA! story.
"We have evidence!"
Which they never produced.
Perhaps they should be "cancelled" for promoting unverified stories?
I think they should pay money.
Again, the world would be a better place, if both ends of the spectrum had to provide a little proof for baseless accusations.
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The media
biasvendetta during the Trump administration - and after - have done far more damage to this country than anything that happened January 6“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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The media
biasvendetta during the Trump administration - and after - have done far more damage to this country than anything that happened January 6@mik said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
The media
biasvendetta during the Trump administration - and after - have done far more damage to this country than anything that happened January 6Preach on, brother....
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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The media
biasvendetta during the Trump administration - and after - have done far more damage to this country than anything that happened January 6@mik said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
The media
biasvendetta during the Trump administration - and after - have done far more damage to this country than anything that happened January 6Yep.
Righteousness destroys. That's pretty much the purpose of that emotion. To allow otherwise nominally decent people to act atrociously, without any of the shame, regret, or conscience that normally goes along with it.
Is a single TDS sufferer looking back on their histrionics with any shame or regret whatsoever? Of course not. Righteousness erases everything. I mean, none of their friends regret it. Why should they?
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@mik said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
The media
biasvendetta during the Trump administration - and after - have done far more damage to this country than anything that happened January 6Preach on, brother....
@jolly said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
@mik said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
The media
biasvendetta during the Trump administration - and after - have done far more damage to this country than anything that happened January 6Preach on, brother....
Shit even I agree with that.
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https://newsthud.com/nunes-files-lawsuit-against-msnbc-over-rachel-maddow-attack/
California Republican Devin Nunes is suing cable news network MSNBC over an attack from their star host Rachel Maddow.
Per the NY Post Nunes ‘claims Maddow and MSNBC have shown “hostility, hatred, extreme bias, spite and ill-will” in their coverage of him, the suit says’
Nunes says in the lawsuit she target him because he’s “the most prominent skeptic in Congress of Maddow’s marquee news narrative from 2017 to 2019: that the Trump campaign colluded with Russians to hack the 2016 presidential elections.”
The report adds:
In the lawsuit, Nunes specifically took issue with comments Maddow made during her March 18 show where she claimed the Congressman had refused to hand a package he’d received from a suspected Russian agent to the FBI — a claim he refutes.
“Congressman Nunes has refused to answer questions about what he received from Andriy Derkach. He has refused to show the contents of the package to other members of the intelligence community,” Maddow said on air, according to the suit.
“He has refused to hand it over to the FBI which is what you should do if you get something from somebody who is sanctioned by the US as a Russian agent.”
Nunes claims MSNBC and Maddow knew he’d told other reporters he had given the package to the FBI.
He argues that MSNBC did not go to him for comment prior to airing the claims, which Nunes claims is proof of malice.
Good luck with that.
@george-k said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
Good luck with that.
Yeah. How would such charges even be adjudicated?
Unless, of course, the objective is not adjudication but, y'know, the publicity arising therefrom.
Gawd, I'm such a sinnick.
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@george-k said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
Good luck with that.
Yeah. How would such charges even be adjudicated?
Unless, of course, the objective is not adjudication but, y'know, the publicity arising therefrom.
Gawd, I'm such a sinnick.
@catseye3 said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
Unless, of course, the objective is not adjudication but, y'know, the publicity arising therefrom.
I thought something similar, but I doubt that it'll get much traction outside the RWEC where it's not needed.
OTOH, lawfare can be a useful tactic, assuming you have the resources to pursue it. I don't doubt that MSNBC has the resources to defend. I wonder if Nunes has the resources to prosecute.
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@catseye3 said in Devin Nunes sues MSNBC:
Unless, of course, the objective is not adjudication but, y'know, the publicity arising therefrom.
I thought something similar, but I doubt that it'll get much traction outside the RWEC where it's not needed.
OTOH, lawfare can be a useful tactic, assuming you have the resources to pursue it. I don't doubt that MSNBC has the resources to defend. I wonder if Nunes has the resources to prosecute.
