Now that he has lost the most recent defamation judgment in the long-running saga of his fight against Charles Enderlin, France2, and the famous al-Dura tape, Philippe Karsenty describes why the French “Court” of Appeals (scare quotes mine) decided against … Continue reading →
…the French Court of Appeals has ruled against Philippe Karsenty in the al Dura case, in a decision that can be rightly called “outrageous”: French media analyst Philippe Karsenty was found guilty Wednesday by a French court of defamation for … Continue reading →
For those who have followed the France2/Karsenty/Al Durah libel trial, Richard Landes has some encouraging news.
Continue reading →Richard Landes continues on the topic of the Enderlin/France2 case, and expands into a discussion of media intimidation and complicity.
Continue reading →I’ve written reams about the al Durah libel trial in which France2 and journalist Charles Enderlin were the plaintiffs, some of it from personal observation of one of the trials I attended in October of 2006. Even so, I’ve learned … Continue reading →
Richard Landes has put up a preliminary translation of the appeals court decision in the France2/Karsenty case. Enderlin certainly can’t be happy about this one. Good.
Continue reading →Richard Landes has a roundup. And here, Karsenty adds that if France2 and Enderlin continue to assert their innocence, that “we will have victims of terror attacks that directly resulted from the [al-Dura] footage sue France 2.” Good. I’d like … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’ve received a recent communication that indicates the court proceedings yesterday in Paris may not have gone as negatively as my initial impressions from the information on the subject I had read and/or listened to far. If so, I … Continue reading →
Those of you who have followed the Al Durah controversy and the lawsuits instigated by French journalist Chrarles Enderlin against bloggers accusing him of lying (see my posts under the category “Paris and France2 trial” on the right sidebar) will … Continue reading →
It’s the old tried and true method pioneered by Richard Nixon and his trusty secretary Rose Mary Woods: if there’s incriminating evidence, erase the tape and hope for the best. Richard Landes reports that Charles Enderlin has cut several minutes … Continue reading →
..and they don’t grind all that fine, either. But grind they do. Regular readers of this blog may remember that about a year ago I had the exciting opportunity of traveling to Paris to cover one of the France2 defamation … Continue reading →
This is quite unofficial, but I got an email about the verdict in the Luré§at trial. It was in French, so I used Babelfish to decipher it; therefore the following information is extremely preliminary and rather suspect. However, from what … Continue reading →