Go Skins Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 [url="http://news-briefs.ew.com/2012/08/09/oreilly-van-susteren-lawsuit/"]http://news-briefs.ew.com/2012/08/09/oreilly-van-susteren-lawsuit/[/url] Fox News hosts Bill O’Reilly and Greta Van Susteren are being sued for defamation by Aviva Nash, who claims that her company, Drum Cafe LLC, was slandered “willfully, intentionally recklessly, and maliciously” by both cable talking heads. According to its [url="http://www.drumcafe.com/company-profile.asp"]website[/url], Drum Cafe is “one the world’s leading Team Building and Corporate Events Companies.” As the lawsuit, published by E! Online, [url="http://images.eonline.com/static/news/pdf/BillGreta.pdf"]explains[/url], [i]On the Record with Greta Van Susteren[/i] featured a segment about Drum Cafe in its July 19 episode. Without mentioning it by name, Van Susteren called the group’s appearance at a Washington conference “insane,” noting that the event included “$21,000 worth of drumsticks.” Five days later, [i]The O’Reilly Factor[/i] played a clip of Nash and Drum Cafe at an event in Vegas before the host decried the group’s work as a “con.” Nash says that Drum Cafe has lost business as a result of O’Reilly and Van Susteren’s remarks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|kennethmw| Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 They may be in big trouble. If she can prove some losses after their statements, she's getting paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Lucid| Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 [quote name='kennethmw' timestamp='1344541115' post='1144326'] They may be in big trouble. If she can prove some losses after their statements, she's getting paid. [/quote] I wish, but unlikely. Defamation is one of the harder lawsuits to win (like discrimination) because you have to prove intent. You have to prove that the person knew the information was false, and put it out there anyway with the intention of causing harm.. Most "reporters" cover thier ass by claiming they got the information from somewhere else and simply repeated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_dish Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Slippery slope. Just about any company ever covered by any talking head/news station could likely file for defamation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 They would have to prove that they knowingly lied. Problem is with the Fox guys is you can never tell if they know they are lying or if they actually believe the garbage they spew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 I know they are lying when I see their lips move. But that won't cut it in court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Fox is the most fair and balanced of all the news networks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer_Rice Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 I'm going the other way. If this lady is responsible for promoting the idiotic drumming that goes on at every lefty protest, then she deserves to have bad things said about her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 [quote name='Bunghole' timestamp='1344636427' post='1144573'] Fox is the most fair and balanced of all the news networks. [/quote] Very true! But don't forget that Budweiser is The King of Beers and that you Save Money & Live Better at Wal-mart! Here's to Thinking Outside the Bun! [img]http://www.birdtoysandparrottoys.com/Patriotic-Parrot--20809.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Lucid| Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 [quote name='Bunghole' timestamp='1344636427' post='1144573'] Fox is the most fair and balanced of all the news networks. [/quote] Actually this is bullshit (although you know that already). The other networks may have a leaning, but Fox is straight up an apparatus of the republican party. I'm not defending the other networks, so much as saying FOX is in a differently league of "slant". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 [quote name='Lucid' timestamp='1344651693' post='1145077'] Actually this is bullshit (although you know that already). The other networks may have a leaning, but Fox is straight up an apparatus of the republican party. I'm not defending the other networks, so much as saying FOX is in a differently league of "slant". [/quote] I was going to say that they were the Public Relations department for the Republican party, but Propaganda is more appropriate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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