The Washington Post Won Its Case Against The Covington Catholic Kids, But A Federal Judge Had Some Choice Words For The Outlet

[WestVirginiaRebel]

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When a federal judge in Kentucky threw out a lawsuit against the Washington Post over its coverage of the Covington Catholic controversy, he said while the Post hadn’t defamed them, their language was “loose, figurative,” and “rhetorical hyperbole.”

The lawsuit, which centered around reporting done by the Post in the news section of their website, was brought by Nicholas Sandmann, the student that was criticized on social media and television for “smirking” at a Native American activist during a field trip to Washington D.C. It was dismissed in late July.

 

The video of the incident went viral shortly after being posted, and has come under scrutiny for its possible connections to the kinds of information warriors that rose to prominence during the 2016 presidential election. 

In the opinion the judge, a Jimmy Carter appointee, laid out multiple criteria that Sandmann’s defamation claim failed to meet, but one of the primary facets of the Post’s reporting that saved it from a defamation claim was apparently its frequent use of “loose, figurative,” and “rhetorical hyperbole.” This was in response to the lawsuit’s references to terms like “ugly,” “swarmed,” and “taunting,” which the plaintiffs claimed, in aggregate, constituted defamation against Sandmann.

The Post stood by the quality of their reporting, saying after the decision was issued:

“From our first story on this incident to our last, we sought to report fairly and accurately the facts that could be established from available evidence, the perspectives of all of the participants, and the comments of the responsible church and school officials … We are pleased that the case has been dismissed.”

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Accurate according to their own standards, whatever they are...

[Valin]

4 minutes ago, WestVirginiaRebel said:

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Accurate according to their own standards, whatever they are...

 

I recall believing the story....for about 1 1/2 hours, until I saw the short Video. After I saw the Longer video I wanted to put on a respirator, because the MSM story stunk like an Iowa pig farm in August. You combine this with the Kavanaugh hearing and I wouldn't believe the the MSM if they told me today was Monday without triple checking a calendar.