Far-right site Gateway Pundit settles defamation suit with election workers

[mysteryowl]

Source: The Guardian/US

Website falsely accused Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss of wrongdoing in 2020 election.

The Gateway Pundit, the far-right news website that played a critical role in spreading false information about the 2020 election, has settled a defamation lawsuit with Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers it falsely accused of wrongdoing.

Notice of the settlement was filed in circuit court in Missouri, where Freeman and Moss had sued the site for defamation. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed in the filing.

The two women have settled suits with One America News, another far-right outlet. But the settlement with the Gateway Pundit is significant because the site was particularly influential in peddling false claims about the election.

The site’s founder, Jim Hoft, had refused to concede that the site said anything false about the women, even though the state quickly debunked accusations of wrongdoing and a longer investigation formally cleared them. The site had declared bankruptcy in an attempt to delay the case, but a judge dismissed the effort earlier this year.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/10/gateway-pundit-defamation-lawsuit-election-workers

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This is good news.

[kimbutgar]

1. I hope they got a big massive amount of money!

[mysteryowl]

2. I do too, plus this is the 2nd

defamation suit they have won, Giuliani is the third. As far as I know.

[usonian]

3. All these turds trying to declare bankruptcy. Foiled again.

Alex Jones
Rudy Giuliani
Gateway Pundit

WHO'S NEXT?
Looking for that big Social Security COLA?

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

6. It'll be 2.5%

Or about $20 more for me after the annual Medicare increase (to $185!) dips it's beak.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Hope this is loud enough and significant enough to discourage the next batch of defamers.

[progressoid]

5. Great. I'm sure it will be tied up in court for a while but this is still a win.

[Archae]

7. Jim Hoft has the moniker, "Dumbest guy on the Internet."

And he earned it.

https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2013/10/769-jim-hoft.html