By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-17 01:05:17 | Updated at 2024-11-23 20:23:28
6 days ago
Trump Is Suing the Mainstream Media-- and They Ought to Be Afraid
Townhall.com ^ | 16 November A.D. 2024 | Sarah Arnold
Posted on 11/16/2024 4:39:36 PM PST by lightman
President-elect Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday, vowing to bring justice to his name after years of attacks from the mainstream media.
The incoming 47th president announced he is suing several media outlets, including the New York Times, CBS News, Penguin Random House, and the Daily Beast, alleging widespread bias and defamation. Trump’s lawyer, Edward Andrew Paltzik, demands $10 billion in damages for publishing defamatory material.
In the lawsuit, Trump accused the mainstream media of “defaming and disparaging” him during coverage of the election and making “false and defamatory statements.”
The NYT was at the center of the lawsuit. In the 19-page filing, Trump’s lawyers wrote that the newspaper has been “a full-throated mouthpiece of the Democratic party” that engages in “industrial-scale libel against political opponents.” They also accused the publication of having “every intention of defaming and disparaging the world-renowned Trump brand that consumers have long associated with excellence, luxury, and success in entertainment, hospitality, and real estate, among many other industries, as well as falsely and maliciously defaming and disparaging him as a candidate for the highest office in the United States.”
The lawsuit specifically mentions the work written by journalists Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner, including a book titled Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. Another headline was “As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator.”
The New York Times denied the claims, insisting its reporting has been accurate and evidence-based. CBS News also brushed off the allegations, dismissing the lawsuit as “completely without merit.” The Washington Post called the claims “improper” and “baseless.” Penguin Random House also stood by their reporting.
Critics claim the lawsuits incite attacks on press freedom, raising concerns about the future of the media.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: msm; newyorktimes; trump
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1 posted on 11/16/2024 4:39:36 PM PST by lightman
To: lightman
His cabinet picks so far have pretty good grounds too.
I feel so bad, Tulsi was on a no fly list already?!
To: lightman
“Critics claim the lawsuits incite attacks on press freedom, raising concerns about the future of the media.”
They had their chance to defend Alex Jones.
They started the war.
President Trump is going to finish it.
3 posted on 11/16/2024 4:41:27 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
To: CondoleezzaProtege
Didn’t the NY Times and the WA Post participate in the Russia collusion hoax?
4 posted on 11/16/2024 4:45:29 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
To: cgbg
I did notice when scanning headlines during the elction cycle, the NYT published at lease one anti-Trump story each and every day.
5 posted on 11/16/2024 4:45:53 PM PST by Robwin ( )
To: Robwin
“the NYT published at lease one anti-Trump story each and every day.”
I noticed that here on FR. There must have been five to ten highly negative stories every single day.
Objective analysis showed something like 95% of the MSM political stories were anti-Trump.
6 posted on 11/16/2024 4:49:30 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Republicans are the party that says ‘Government doesn’t work.’ Then they get elected and prove it.)
To: Robwin
It is not just that the stories were anti-Trump.
—They used hostile name-calling not relevant to the story.
—They made factual errors, always against President Trump
—They repeated other defamatory stories from other outlets as if they were facts
—They treated unproven assertions, whether from unnamed sources or other media outlets, as if they were facts.
7 posted on 11/16/2024 4:56:11 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
To: CondoleezzaProtege
I feel so bad, Tulsi was on a no fly list already?!
Yes. I watched an interview of Tulsi, where she said she would constantly be harassed at airports, put through insults and delays despite being a well-known politician and government leader. They put her and her family through torture. Time now for payback, sue and fire the jerks who unfairly did this to her.
8 posted on 11/16/2024 4:58:42 PM PST by roadcat ( )
To: roadcat
And abolish the TSA while she’s at it.
9 posted on 11/16/2024 5:00:16 PM PST by Publius
To: lightman
10 posted on 11/16/2024 5:01:58 PM PST by katana
To: lightman
Smack them hard and bury them deep.
11 posted on 11/16/2024 5:03:03 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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