News Organizations that Repeated Swift Boat Vets Lies Could be Liable
Shortly after the election results of 2004 I wrote that Kerry's team should go after the Swift Boat Liars with a defamation suit. Now it appears there is legal precedence that could be used to form a case. On Monday the Supreme Court refused to shield the news media from being sued for accurately reporting a politician's false charges against a rival.
If Kerry hopes to regain his reputation and show he's a fighter I urge him or his team to bring a case against Fox News and other high profile news organizations who broadcast the wildly false accusations of the Swift Boat Liars around the clock for weeks during August. More than standing up for his own reputation a lawsuit could make it more difficult for future GOP false and disgustingly baseless attacks. -IFK Editor
If Kerry hopes to regain his reputation and show he's a fighter I urge him or his team to bring a case against Fox News and other high profile news organizations who broadcast the wildly false accusations of the Swift Boat Liars around the clock for weeks during August. More than standing up for his own reputation a lawsuit could make it more difficult for future GOP false and disgustingly baseless attacks. -IFK Editor
Justices Refuse to Shield Reports of False Charges
In their appeal to the high court, lawyers for the paper said news organizations should be allowed to report what public figures say, regardless of whether it is true or false.
Otherwise, they said, for example, the press could not have reported last year on the charges lodged against Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth because Kerry's supporters said their charges were false.
posted by i11ustrator at 9:09 AM
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I'm with you. I sure would love to see Kerry go after these slime balls. There is a special place in Hell for these folks, but I'd so love to see them get a taste of what is due them in this life first.
First things first: Kerry has to demonstrate that he has a case by getting all of his military records released. 9 weeks ago he promised Tim Russert on Meet the Press that he would get that done by signing an SF-180, but so far there's been no action.
There's talk he will release soon, but perhaps he's planning to release at a more strategic opportunity: ie when 60 Minutes does a "Comeback Kerry" profile in the run up to 2008. That's what I would do, if I was him.
Why release now when 99% of the public wouldn't be paying any attention.
A release prior to a 2008 campaign could help inoculate him from any further Swift Boat crap.
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