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Nicholas Sandmann's family hires 'attorney for the damned' specializing in libel, slander
2019-01-25
[WCPO] The family of 16-year-old Nicholas Sandmann, having already contracted Kentucky’s largest public relations firm to help repair his image after a viral incident outside the Lincoln Memorial, on Thursday hired a Georgia attorney known for aggressive libel and slander suits against media organizations.

L. Lin Wood, nicknamed "attorney for the damned" by former CBS anchor Dan Rather
...a former ancherperson, the man who put the BS in CBS News. In 2004 he put on a news story that highlighted dissatisfaction with Lt. George W. Bush in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam war. This was almost casually--but gleefully--debunked by the Blogosphere at large. Rather's face was rubbed in journalistic mud, four of his staff were fired, and within a short time his 43-year (about the same length as Muammar Qadaffi's) career had settled to the bottom...
, visited the Sandmann family earlier in the day, according to a news release from Sandmann family attorney Todd McMurtry.

"He is committed to bringing justice to 16-year-old Nick Sandmann and his family," McMurtry wrote.

That justice might be green and made of 75 percent cotton.

Wood "often (seeks) eye-popping damages for those he believes have been libeled or slandered in the press," according to a 2011 Washington Post article about his defense of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain
...the personable but seemingly horny former Godfather's Pizza CEO who coulda been a contenda...
. (Cain had been facing accusations of sexual harassment that derailed his campaign.)

Other notable clients include the family of JonBenet Ramsey, who were suspects in the child pageant queen’s murder, and Richard Jewell, a Centennial Olympic Park guard misidentified as having bombed his workplace in 1996.
Posted by:trailing wife

#10  So, it appears that the Catholic bishop of Lexington, Ky has already betrayed his parishioners. How can you claim to represent Jesus when you falsely accuse your fellow Christians of racism as they are being fed to the lions?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-01-25 13:10  

#9  But here's another aspect to this story: By attacking Catholic school kids who participated in a pro-life march, the MSM attacked the Catholic Church. If the Pope, cardinals and bishops remain silent they will betray their church and all of their parishioners. They need to speak out loudly and clearly on behalf of the Covington kids and they should also contribute to the legal fund.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-01-25 12:00  

#8  P2K, they did not ignore quality control. This was not a "snap judgement" hastily made before all the facts were in. WAPO and a number of other media outlets deliberately and maliciously lied. They knew better but they did it anyway. They crossed a line by lying about innocent minors for partisan political purposes. I was happy to hear that Jeff Bezos will lose half of his fortune to his soon-to-be ex-wife. Now I hope he loses another significant chunk. Mr. Sandmann could well become this country's newest and youngest billionaire.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-01-25 11:56  

#7  just go to twitter. And every liberal website out there. Plenty of targets.
Posted by: Glolush Whusotch4899   2019-01-25 10:23  

#6  'Eye popping damages...' always one of my favorite figures.
Posted by: Cesare   2019-01-25 09:49  

#5  Time to overturn the separate 'public' and 'private' definitions for libel and treat all Americans equal. There is no license to grant immunities to corporations who ignore quality control of their product that they dump on the public.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-01-25 06:56  

#4  Indeed, time to bring the pain
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2019-01-25 03:02  

#3  Time to share our pain!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-01-25 01:29  

#2  Go after EVERYONE and make sure their real names wind up all over the news for attacking a kid for someone elses lies. Make it hurt.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-01-25 01:24  

#1  Now THAT's what you call beating on the war drum! Hope the kid gets a lot of scalps.
Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147   2019-01-25 00:16  

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