Trump sues for billions from media he says is biased against him

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Fri 15 Nov 2024 07.00 EST


With only two months left until Donald Trump returns to the White House, the president-elect and convicted felon has been waging lawfare by a flurry of lawsuits against media companies and publishers that have been critical of him. The lawsuits come amid growing fears of what a second Trump term would mean for press freedom as Trump intensifies his longstanding hostility against the media – which he called “the enemy camp” in his victory speech last week.

On Thursday, Columbia Journalism Review revealed that just days before the presidential election, Trump’s lawyer Edward Andrew Paltzik issued a letter to the New York Times and Penguin Random House that demanded $10bn in damages over articles critical of Trump. The letter joins a series of frivolous lawsuits against other media companies that Trump has accused of politically targeting him.

The letter, which CJR reviewed, accused the articles’ authors Peter Baker, Michael S Schmidt, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner for “false and defamatory statements” about Trump, adding that the New York Times is a “a full-throated mouthpiece of the Democratic Party” that wages “industrial-scale libel against political opponents”.

ccording to CJR, the letter pointed to two specific stories by Buettner and Craig that relate to their latest book, Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. The letter also pointed to a 20 October article by Baker titled “For Trump, a Lifetime of Scandals Heads Toward a Moment of Judgment,” as well as a 22 October article by Schmidt titled “As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator,” CJR reported.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/trump-sues-media-outlets-bias

[Marthe48]

1. Should same old, same old be in LBN?

Just goes on and on, like dog bites man.

[Blue_Tires]

2. So on the flip side

Kamala Harris can sue Fox News and Twitter, right?

[bucolic_frolic]

3. For damages you need to prove libel? And truth is a defense against libel?

And opinion is protected by 1A. Sounds like a lot of smoke.

[Miguelito Loveless]

13. That was then,

this is now. Trump judges will start ruling for him, or he can just "officially" seize the money from those who offend him, and he has immunity.

[CrispyQ]

4. How many retribution lawsuits will he focus on instead of the country's business?

Remember when people found out he didn't start working until 11AM & he called it executive time? It will all be executive time this go around as he goes on his revenge tour, & his cabinet runs the country.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Attached is a letter that we received ...

Source: https://philipsturner.com/2012/11/18/would-lawyer-today-write-funny-profane-letter/

and many other places online

[BumRushDaShow]

7. And almost 50 years ago on the nose!!

[EarthFirst]

6. Ten?

Of we’re just going to throw out insane numbers why not make it a hundred?

[Joe_Gadway]

8. Isn't the president supposed to defend our rights?

The president is supposed to defend our rights and here he is immediately attacking the rights of free speech and free press.
Just proving once again that he is an enemy of freedom.

[Owens]

9. Kamala & Democrats should countersue Fox

[live love laugh]

10. Welp he has control of the government now he'll control the media.

We are not going back to normalcy.

G’bye America.

[BobTheSubgenius]

11. Did his lawyers tell him nothing???

The Truth is a perfect and complete defence against a libel suit.

[Cthulu on call]

12. This is so Scotus

Will fix it for right wingers to shut down media. Reference Hungry and Victor Orbon.

[milestogo]

14. Unfortunately they are not biased enough.

[NotHardly]

15. How about that Freedom of Speech thingy? Some 1984 sh*t going down.