Comments on: CNN settles with Sandmann https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/ A blog about political change, among other things Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:08:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Richard Aubrey https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/#comment-2474345 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:08:45 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=92354#comment-2474345 Bryan. Never did coke, but from what I hear, you’re exactly right. Confirmation bias is a thing, but most people can tell when it’s too, too good. Too good to check. See Rathergate.
Even if you don’t see confirmation bias, you might be able to look at the thing and ask if it’s actually possible in the first place.
But my correspondents were all in on Smollett, and Covington, and, by easy association, all white people, exponentially for Trump supporters.
I keep saying, on this blog, as well as elsewhere, that I think I can almost see two levels of “knowledge”. One is what actually happened, and people know it, can’t not know it. But they live their lives and interact with others as if Michael Brown actually had his hands up, crying, “Don’t shoot”. Discussing the example with an individual in person…looked as if she were going to have some kind of psychological break. Scary.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/#comment-2474246 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:36:05 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=92354#comment-2474246 DNW on January 8, 2020 at 11:55 pm said:
As Part Of Settlement With Nick Sandmann, CNN Hosts Must …

AesopFan on January 8, 2020 at 11:55 pm said:
https://babylonbee.com/news/as-part-of-settlement-with-nick-sandmann-cnn-hosts-must-wear-maga-hats-while-on-the-air

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Sooo…I thought huxley and I were the only ones with “spooky actions at a distance,” but there seems to be a larger entanglement field operating out of Neo’s blog.

https://phys.org/news/2015-11-nist-team-spooky-action-distance.html

PS I would order the Greta Doll in a heartbeat if there really was one, then send them to the climatistas on my Christmas list.
(Sadly, there are some in my family.)

]]> By: Bryan Lovely https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/#comment-2474241 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 19:53:43 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=92354#comment-2474241 Richard Aubrey: that they can’t take their foot off the accelerator, or even ask, is this making me too happy?

Sounds kind of like cocaine, doesn’t it?

]]> By: MollyNH https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/#comment-2474240 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 19:50:22 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=92354#comment-2474240 I m glad for Sandmann & curious to see how individuals ( kathy Griffin & Bill Mhar & the creep who wanted Sandmann punched in the face) how they are ajudicated.

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/#comment-2474232 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 18:11:53 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=92354#comment-2474232 They really should stick to sandbagging Trump. Otherwise, they just might discover there’s a hefty cost (but in their keen wisdom, they likewise just might conclude that this hysterical slandering gig is so much fun that it’s well worth any price).

In a nutshell:
https://amgreatness.com/2020/01/08/the-smirnoff-principle/

]]> By: LeClerc https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/#comment-2474219 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 15:31:26 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=92354#comment-2474219 A couple of very good books about defamation law suits:

Renata Adler’s “Reckless Disregard” (about Westmoreland v. CBS and Sharon v. Time, Inc.)

Janet Malcolm’s “The Journalist and the Murderer” (about MacDonald v. McGinniss).

]]> By: Richard Aubrey https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/#comment-2474213 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:58:50 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=92354#comment-2474213 JimNorCal.
Really sweet.
From what I heard from my lib friends and relations, there’s a great likelihood that discovery would have found vicious and dishonest statements between CNN journos and execs. Hateful.

I have a frequent correspondent who, for example, went all in on Smollett.. But claims emotional fragility when the facts are presented. As in Covington. Or Trayvon Martin.

Point is, they can’t help themselves and they’re so wrapped up in their narrative that they can’t even be prudent. A Thing happens and they’re off, no matter the facts. They want/need things like Sandmann being a racist punk so badly, and want others to believe it, that they can’t take their foot off the accelerator, or even ask, is this making me too happy?

]]> By: JimNorCal https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/#comment-2474199 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 07:33:30 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=92354#comment-2474199 Somewhere I read speculation that one of the terms of the settlement was that CNN could not use corporate resources to defend CNN anchors being individually sued.
They’ll have to pay out of pocket for lawyers, if true.
THAT would be sweet.

]]> By: Robert Sendler https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/#comment-2474188 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:03:30 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=92354#comment-2474188 Their mistake was picking on someone with the wherewithal to defend himself successfully against CNN.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2020/01/08/cnn-settles-with-sandmann/#comment-2474186 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 04:55:24 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=92354#comment-2474186 https://babylonbee.com/news/cnn-attacks-babylon-bee-the-internet-is-only-big-enough-for-one-fake-news-site

https://babylonbee.com/news/as-part-of-settlement-with-nick-sandmann-cnn-hosts-must-wear-maga-hats-while-on-the-air

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