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Mark Levin to liberal media: Blame me for the shooting and get sued
examiner.com ^ | 1/14/2011 | Joe Newby

Posted on 01/15/2011 8:31:49 AM PST by FredJake

Irresponsible media types began blaming conservatives for the Tucson shooting almost moments after it happened. But one conservative talker is not going to sit still and take the abuse.

Newsbusters' Noel Sheppard reports Friday that conservative talk show host and attorney Mark Levin issued a stern warning to liberal media personalities. Anyone who tries to tie him to the shooting will get sued.

Levin said it was time for conservatives to stand up for themselves and draw the line against those in the media who deliberately smear conservatives for any act of violence:

Now I’m going to tell you something. Maybe I shouldn’t, but I will. I’m waiting for an allegation that is very specific against me because I’m going to sue. I don’t care if they’re bloggers, I don’t care if they’re television hosts, I don’t care if they’re radio hosts. I’m going to drag your ass into federal court. Oh, you’ll have due process. It’ll all be nice and legal. I’m going to personally depose you. I’m going to drag you in front of a jury, and I’m going to get your assets.

The American Spectator reported that Levin also challenged MSNBC's Chris Matthews to find any example of himself or Palin promoting murder.

According to the Spectator, Matthews implied that rhetoric from passionate hosts like Levin and Michael Savage had a role in the Tucson massacre.

"I challenge Chris Matthews, I'll put $100,000 on the table, to find any example where Sarah Palin has promoted the murder of anybody," Levin said. Levin continued:

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: arizonashootings; giffords; lamestreammedia; lawsuit; marklevin
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About time someone said this. If the media isn't stopped, they will only get worse.
1 posted on 01/15/2011 8:31:55 AM PST by FredJake
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To: FredJake

I love it!!!


2 posted on 01/15/2011 8:33:43 AM PST by bigbob
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To: FredJake
It's about time the left felt the pain of a lawsuit. It's time for them to put up or shut up. Go ahead, slander and get sued. I'm tired of our weak knee’d RINO’s folding under false allegations.
3 posted on 01/15/2011 8:36:16 AM PST by Never on my watch (When Obama was born, the movie "The Manchurian Candidate" was in production. Coincidence?)
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To: bigbob

In the words of Pecard: Make it so!


4 posted on 01/15/2011 8:36:49 AM PST by Mouton
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To: FredJake

Levin knows that it is false to assume because someone is a public figure they cannot take action in court when libeled and slandered.


5 posted on 01/15/2011 8:37:52 AM PST by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: FredJake

Rush ought to sue the pants off that sheriff...


6 posted on 01/15/2011 8:38:30 AM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (Truman: The buck stops here. Obama: Buck? What buck? Did I tell you how it's all Bush's fault?)
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To: FredJake

I would love to see a flood of lawsuits against the state run, commie “media”. It would be a real hoot watching the “media” maggots claiming their First Amendment rights to defend themselves for targeting, slandering and libeling others who were using THEIR First Amendment rights.


7 posted on 01/15/2011 8:43:38 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("New laws are always a "good idea" until the first time you have to enforce them." - Unknown)
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To: FredJake
I would pay serious good money to see Levin interrogate Matthews in a court of law.

Actually, we should start using THEIR tactics and sue these moonbats for slander or libel. That would shut their hate speech up

8 posted on 01/15/2011 8:48:47 AM PST by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

That would be awesome. The best way to fight back is to separate them from their ill-gotten gain.


9 posted on 01/15/2011 8:53:03 AM PST by SC_Pete
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To: FredJake

I just got a tingle up my leg. Go mark go!


10 posted on 01/15/2011 8:54:13 AM PST by cableguymn
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To: Popman

I would love that too. Use their own tactics against them. Drag them into court. Make them defend themselves and bleed their coffers dry.

While they are at it, they should figure out how to part Soros and his money. If there was a way to bankrupt his fortune much of this we are dealing with would dry up and blow away.


11 posted on 01/15/2011 8:55:28 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: FredJake; holdonnow

Good for Mark.
I’m usually not crazy about the over-litigation in our society but there is a time when you need to take a legal stand and not roll over. This is one of those times.


12 posted on 01/15/2011 8:55:51 AM PST by mnehring
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I would give a weeks pay to see some of these turds in the media sues out of existence!


13 posted on 01/15/2011 9:01:21 AM PST by JaguarXKE (Life - It's 10 percent circumstances and 90 percent how you react to circumstances - Sarah Palin)
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To: Dutch Boy
Drag them into court. Make them defend themselves and bleed their coffers dry.

The more I think about the more I wish Rush, Palin, Hannity, Levin, would do just that.

That would definitely change their blame game, remove their media template and shut their pieholes real quick.

Also most Americans would maybe think these bungholes MSM talking heads are full of crap and take what they say with even a larger grain of salt

14 posted on 01/15/2011 9:03:27 AM PST by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
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To: isthisnickcool

You are incorrect.

If the slander is made with malice then the suit can go forward.

Is there any doubt that these false accusations were made with malice.

There wasn’t a shred of evidence to support the charges.


15 posted on 01/15/2011 9:06:12 AM PST by Carley (THE MEDIA UNDERSTANDS CREDENTIALS BUT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND PRINCIPLES)
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To: FredJake

matthews already accused him- so will he be taking matthews to court?


16 posted on 01/15/2011 9:07:40 AM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: FredJake

where can levin be reached? I would like to ask him to put together a list of all those folks like Sarah, Rush etc who were specifically accused, and bring a class action lawsuit against the media for slander/libel- whatever the correct term is.


17 posted on 01/15/2011 9:09:51 AM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: FredJake

I hope he does it!


18 posted on 01/15/2011 9:11:39 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: Popman
I would pay serious good money to see Levin interrogate Matthews in a court of law.

You and me both. I'd like to at least hear (but watching in person would be great) ... Mark taking apart any of the liberal ah "thinkers" and pundits that routinely smear us. Can you picture Mark vs, well, any of them on a level playing field? It'd be a bloodbath (that's figuratively, not literally for you PC libtard lurkers who need everything crayon'd out for you). I'd take time off work and drive half way across the Country to see it.

19 posted on 01/15/2011 9:13:07 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: FredJake

This sounds like an Onion headline: Levin complains that the MSM didn’t include him in the list of Talk Radio honchos to blame for the Tuscon tragedy.


20 posted on 01/15/2011 9:21:09 AM PST by sportutegrl
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