[cgbg]

The nature of the “claims” may be weirder than you think.

Is it “defamation” if someone claims that “all citizens of State X are liars” and then one citizen of that state sues the speaker?

It looks like that is what Jones did—he said all the parents were crisis actors, and then one parent sues him for defamation even though he did not specifically mention them as an individual.

This is an ugly precedent.

[Republican Wildcat]

The parents were a much more specific group of people than that of an entire state or organization, and it wasn’t an expression of an opinion about not liking them - they were statements of fact.

[DesertRhino]

“It looks like that is what Jones did—he said all the parents were crisis actors, “

Yet, nobody, anywhere can provide the film clip from his broadcast show of him saying that.
I find that rather unusual since its the centerpiece of the “case”.

[Dr. Franklin]

The nature of the “claims” may be weirder than you think.
Is it “defamation” if someone claims that “all citizens of State X are liars” and then one citizen of that state sues the speaker?
It looks like that is what Jones did—he said all the parents were crisis actors, and then one parent sues him for defamation even though he did not specifically mention them as an individual.
This is an ugly precedent.

What Jones did was in bad taste, but is it really defamatory to call someone a "crisis actor"?

What's next, defamation for calling someone a "drama queen"?

This is much less about what was said, and very much about who said it.

[cableguymn]

lets sue hillary for calling us deplorables.