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But Pogo, don't most papers check out accusations like that before publishing them?
But Pogo, don't most papers check out accusations like that before publishing them?
They did. It's on video. There's no question that the incident happened. None whatsoever. It's completely recorded.
Spicer's publicist said he was "taken aback" by the incident. If it didn't happen ---- there would be nothing to be "taken aback" BY.
Neither the AP, nor the original source NewportRI.com, nor any of the papers/TV stations/websites that passed the story on, suggested anything about whether the accusation has merit, nor are they in a position to. They simply reported that it took place, which it did.
We could list similar examples of reports of accusations all night. Joe Wilson for example during an O'bama address, yelling out "YOU LIE!". Videos, recordings and reports abounded. None of them took a position on whether O'bama "lied"; they simply reported what Wilson said.
Again, there's no disputing that he did so. It's on video.
Note the forum: "US Constitution" -- not Current Events or Politics. This is not (particularly) a story about Sean Spicer. It is a story about the First Amendment and whether it can be curtailed at will.
Spicer Threatens Legal Action over AP Report
>> Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.The AP report in question is in the link worded "AP Report". The actual video of the incident taking place, in full, is at the link worded "NewportRI.com".
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
... Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling. <<
Obviously the event happened. You can't deny what's clearly visible and audible on video --- yet here's Spicer's attorney threatening just that.
In his campaigning in 2016 Spicer's ex-boss Rump infamously declared he would "open up" libel laws to intimidate journalism and control the flow of information.
Perhaps Spicer wishes that could have been a real thing*.
(* "Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of Grievances".)
Long live the First Amendment.
Note the forum: "US Constitution" -- not Current Events or Politics. This is not (particularly) a story about Sean Spicer. It is a story about the First Amendment and whether it can be curtailed at will.
Spicer Threatens Legal Action over AP Report
>> Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.The AP report in question is in the link worded "AP Report". The actual video of the incident taking place, in full, is at the link worded "NewportRI.com".
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
... Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling. <<
Obviously the event happened. You can't deny what's clearly visible and audible on video --- yet here's Spicer's attorney threatening just that.
In his campaigning in 2016 Spicer's ex-boss Rump infamously declared he would "open up" libel laws to intimidate journalism and control the flow of information.
Perhaps Spicer wishes that could have been a real thing*.
(* "Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of Grievances".)
Long live the First Amendment.
Note the forum: "US Constitution" -- not Current Events or Politics. This is not (particularly) a story about Sean Spicer. It is a story about the First Amendment and whether it can be curtailed at will.
Spicer Threatens Legal Action over AP Report
>> Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.The AP report in question is in the link worded "AP Report". The actual video of the incident taking place, in full, is at the link worded "NewportRI.com".
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
... Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling. <<
Obviously the event happened. You can't deny what's clearly visible and audible on video --- yet here's Spicer's attorney threatening just that.
In his campaigning in 2016 Spicer's ex-boss Rump infamously declared he would "open up" libel laws to intimidate journalism and control the flow of information.
Perhaps Spicer wishes that could have been a real thing*.
(* "Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of Grievances".)
Long live the First Amendment.
The First Amendment doesn't give you the right to defame people.
But Pogo, don't most papers check out accusations like that before publishing them?
They did. It's on video. There's no question that the incident happened. None whatsoever. It's completely recorded.
Spicer's publicist said he was "taken aback" by the incident. If it didn't happen ---- there would be nothing to be "taken aback" BY.
Neither the AP, nor the original source NewportRI.com, nor any of the papers/TV stations/websites that passed the story on, suggested anything about whether the accusation has merit, nor are they in a position to. They simply reported that it took place, which it did.
We could list similar examples of reports of accusations all night. Joe Wilson for example during an O'bama address, yelling out "YOU LIE!". Videos, recordings and reports abounded. None of them took a position on whether O'bama "lied"; they simply reported what Wilson said.
Again, there's no disputing that he did so. It's on video.
Do you really think a somewhat nebulous accusation of shouting you lie to a politician when they are all accused of that is in any way akin to accusing someone of using the n word at a specific place and time?
The fact you obviously do not speaks vollumes about any analytical abilities on youir part or lack thereof.. Doncha think?
Spicer should be denied the freedom of speech and legal representation it seems, just so long as the press can be free to lie about him 24/7.
Spicer should be denied the freedom of speech and legal representation it seems, just so long as the press can be free to lie about him 24/7.
Once AGAIN ---- the fact that this Lombard guy started yelling at Spicer is not a "lie". IT'S ON VIDEO.
Note the forum: "US Constitution" -- not Current Events or Politics. This is not (particularly) a story about Sean Spicer. It is a story about the First Amendment and whether it can be curtailed at will.
Spicer Threatens Legal Action over AP Report
>> Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.The AP report in question is in the link worded "AP Report". The actual video of the incident taking place, in full, is at the link worded "NewportRI.com".
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
... Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling. <<
Obviously the event happened. You can't deny what's clearly visible and audible on video --- yet here's Spicer's attorney threatening just that.
In his campaigning in 2016 Spicer's ex-boss Rump infamously declared he would "open up" libel laws to intimidate journalism and control the flow of information.
Perhaps Spicer wishes that could have been a real thing*.
(* "Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of Grievances".)
Long live the First Amendment.
The First Amendment doesn't give you the right to defame people.
Correct.
---- and?
Note the forum: "US Constitution" -- not Current Events or Politics. This is not (particularly) a story about Sean Spicer. It is a story about the First Amendment and whether it can be curtailed at will.
Spicer Threatens Legal Action over AP Report
>> Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.The AP report in question is in the link worded "AP Report". The actual video of the incident taking place, in full, is at the link worded "NewportRI.com".
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
... Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling. <<
Obviously the event happened. You can't deny what's clearly visible and audible on video --- yet here's Spicer's attorney threatening just that.
In his campaigning in 2016 Spicer's ex-boss Rump infamously declared he would "open up" libel laws to intimidate journalism and control the flow of information.
Perhaps Spicer wishes that could have been a real thing*.
(* "Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of Grievances".)
Long live the First Amendment.
The First Amendment doesn't give you the right to defame people.
Correct.
---- and?
If the papers made a claim that is false, that is called defamation. How is spicer suing them to admit they lied, attacking the 1st Amendment?
Seems a lot of comments are not visible. Is some kind of glitch going on?
You will have to excuse them. They don't get reality. They've shuffled off of the Real World and are now in Alternative Facts-land.Spicer should be denied the freedom of speech and legal representation it seems, just so long as the press can be free to lie about him 24/7.
Once AGAIN ---- the fact that this Lombard guy started yelling at Spicer is not a "lie". IT'S ON VIDEO.
Note the forum: "US Constitution" -- not Current Events or Politics. This is not (particularly) a story about Sean Spicer. It is a story about the First Amendment and whether it can be curtailed at will.
Spicer Threatens Legal Action over AP Report
>> Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.The AP report in question is in the link worded "AP Report". The actual video of the incident taking place, in full, is at the link worded "NewportRI.com".
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
... Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling. <<
Obviously the event happened. You can't deny what's clearly visible and audible on video --- yet here's Spicer's attorney threatening just that.
In his campaigning in 2016 Spicer's ex-boss Rump infamously declared he would "open up" libel laws to intimidate journalism and control the flow of information.
Perhaps Spicer wishes that could have been a real thing*.
(* "Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of Grievances".)
Long live the First Amendment.
The First Amendment doesn't give you the right to defame people.
Correct.
---- and?
If the papers made a claim that is false, that is called defamation. How is spicer suing them to admit they lied, attacking the 1st Amendment?
Note the forum: "US Constitution" -- not Current Events or Politics. This is not (particularly) a story about Sean Spicer. It is a story about the First Amendment and whether it can be curtailed at will.
Spicer Threatens Legal Action over AP Report
>> Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.The AP report in question is in the link worded "AP Report". The actual video of the incident taking place, in full, is at the link worded "NewportRI.com".
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
... Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling. <<
Obviously the event happened. You can't deny what's clearly visible and audible on video --- yet here's Spicer's attorney threatening just that.
In his campaigning in 2016 Spicer's ex-boss Rump infamously declared he would "open up" libel laws to intimidate journalism and control the flow of information.
Perhaps Spicer wishes that could have been a real thing*.
(* "Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of Grievances".)
Long live the First Amendment.
The First Amendment doesn't give you the right to defame people.
Correct.
---- and?
If the papers made a claim that is false, that is called defamation. How is spicer suing them to admit they lied, attacking the 1st Amendment?
A claim that was false? The guy didn't come up and say that stuff to Spicer? Despite the FACT (not alternative fact) that it's all on video?
Note the forum: "US Constitution" -- not Current Events or Politics. This is not (particularly) a story about Sean Spicer. It is a story about the First Amendment and whether it can be curtailed at will.
Spicer Threatens Legal Action over AP Report
>> Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.The AP report in question is in the link worded "AP Report". The actual video of the incident taking place, in full, is at the link worded "NewportRI.com".
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
... Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling. <<
Obviously the event happened. You can't deny what's clearly visible and audible on video --- yet here's Spicer's attorney threatening just that.
In his campaigning in 2016 Spicer's ex-boss Rump infamously declared he would "open up" libel laws to intimidate journalism and control the flow of information.
Perhaps Spicer wishes that could have been a real thing*.
(* "Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of Grievances".)
Long live the First Amendment.
The First Amendment doesn't give you the right to defame people.
Correct.
---- and?
If the papers made a claim that is false, that is called defamation. How is spicer suing them to admit they lied, attacking the 1st Amendment?
A claim that was false? The guy didn't come up and say that stuff to Spicer? Despite the FACT (not alternative fact) that it's all on video?
Note the forum: "US Constitution" -- not Current Events or Politics. This is not (particularly) a story about Sean Spicer. It is a story about the First Amendment and whether it can be curtailed at will.
Spicer Threatens Legal Action over AP Report
>> Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.The AP report in question is in the link worded "AP Report". The actual video of the incident taking place, in full, is at the link worded "NewportRI.com".
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
... Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling. <<
Obviously the event happened. You can't deny what's clearly visible and audible on video --- yet here's Spicer's attorney threatening just that.
In his campaigning in 2016 Spicer's ex-boss Rump infamously declared he would "open up" libel laws to intimidate journalism and control the flow of information.
Perhaps Spicer wishes that could have been a real thing*.
(* "Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of Grievances".)
Long live the First Amendment.
The First Amendment doesn't give you the right to defame people.
Correct.
---- and?
If the papers made a claim that is false, that is called defamation. How is spicer suing them to admit they lied, attacking the 1st Amendment?
A claim that was false? The guy didn't come up and say that stuff to Spicer? Despite the FACT (not alternative fact) that it's all on video?
Note the forum: "US Constitution" -- not Current Events or Politics. This is not (particularly) a story about Sean Spicer. It is a story about the First Amendment and whether it can be curtailed at will.
Spicer Threatens Legal Action over AP Report
>> Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.The AP report in question is in the link worded "AP Report". The actual video of the incident taking place, in full, is at the link worded "NewportRI.com".
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
... Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling. <<
Obviously the event happened. You can't deny what's clearly visible and audible on video --- yet here's Spicer's attorney threatening just that.
In his campaigning in 2016 Spicer's ex-boss Rump infamously declared he would "open up" libel laws to intimidate journalism and control the flow of information.
Perhaps Spicer wishes that could have been a real thing*.
(* "Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of Grievances".)
Long live the First Amendment.
The First Amendment doesn't give you the right to defame people.
Correct.
---- and?
If the papers made a claim that is false, that is called defamation. How is spicer suing them to admit they lied, attacking the 1st Amendment?
A claim that was false? The guy didn't come up and say that stuff to Spicer? Despite the FACT (not alternative fact) that it's all on video?
