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Trump wants to 'open up' libel laws to sue media outlets
The Hill ^
| February 26, 2016
| Bradford Richardson
Posted on 02/26/2016 12:41:29 PM PST by ConservativeTeen
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What a Constitutionalist.
To: ConservativeTeen
“What a Constitutionalist.”
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Cuz libel should be legal?
Got it.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:42:51 PM PST
by
ConservativeWarrior
(Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
To: ConservativeTeen
So they can’t tell the truth about him.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:43:01 PM PST
by
TBP
(0bama lies, Granny dies.)
To: ConservativeWarrior
Because the government should have as little control over the media as possible.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:43:36 PM PST
by
TBP
(0bama lies, Granny dies.)
To: ConservativeTeen
Media would actually double check their facts.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:43:43 PM PST
by
stocksthatgoup
(My first choice is Trump 4 economics and Not a Politician . Cruz to endorse Rubio Stay Home)
To: ConservativeTeen
You can’t sue people for writing bad things about you. That’s called free speech.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:44:17 PM PST
by
TBP
(0bama lies, Granny dies.)
To: ConservativeTeen
The Big Media should be broken up. No national TV station, that is also a ‘News Outlet’ should have more than a handful of affiliates, and no more than a viewership of say thirty million.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:44:22 PM PST
by
heights
To: ConservativeTeen
Not having to prove actual malice when you are a public figure would cut down on stories such as, “Donald Trump inherited $200 million”. That and “Looser pays” and we might have a less litigious society.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:44:40 PM PST
by
SubMareener
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To: ConservativeTeen
Recommend you don’t get behind what the Propaganda Ministry has become.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:45:12 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: ConservativeTeen
Something needs to keep the media in check so they stop acting as a facilitator/enabler of the state’s political whims. The founding idea was that of a free press, not a govt press.
Not sure yet what a solution would be.
To: ConservativeWarrior
No, cuz it’s a matter of statute, either state or federal, or case law, NOT a matter for POTUS. It’s another ignorant, egotistical, “I’m the only guy who can do it” statement that makes him look like a clown.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:45:28 PM PST
by
jagusafr
To: ConservativeTeen
I’m not seeing the “satire” tag. Please tell me there’s supposed to be a “satire” tag!
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:46:07 PM PST
by
Johnny B.
(Trump IS the croney capitalist his fans want him to protect them from.)
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:46:24 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: TBP
You can't sue people for writing bad things about you. That's called free speech.You can, however, sue people for writing purposed and malicious lies.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:46:30 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: ConservativeTeen
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:46:51 PM PST
by
Toespi
To: ConservativeWarrior
Any negative statement will be greeted with litigation. Any. How long will the media be free to disagree with The Great and Wonderful Trump?
Or is a State run media okay because your guy wants to beat them into unwilling parrots with squadrons of lawyers?
Better healthy dissent! At least you are free to disagree with the news reports, as we have for the last 40-50 years.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:46:51 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: ConservativeWarrior
Proving libel for a public figure is much more difficult than proving it for a non-public figure. You have to prove actual malice for a public figure.
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:46:56 PM PST
by
ConservativeTeen
(Really a Conservative 30-something)
To: ConservativeTeen
As a Trumpian I admit this is dopey, but for one tiny sliver. The media bear no responsibility or ultimate consequence for anything they say save “malice aforethought” and total immunity for what they do to those “in the public eye”. In a real free market so be it. But in a litigious society they shouldn’t have such a loose standard. Covering culture and current events doesn’t extend to lying about them.
To: ConservativeTeen
I think the idea that the media should have to tell the truth is a scum sucking idea...
/s
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:47:31 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: ConservativeTeen
Ummmm, the First Amendment protects all of us...
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posted on
02/26/2016 12:48:18 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(I will never vote for an Establishment Republican (GOPe) as long as I live - on any level.)
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