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Resistance See other Resistance Articles Title: VIDEO: O’Keefe Breaks Down "BIG WIN" Against The New York Times in Veritas Defamation Lawsuit The New York Times cited 52 sources including Wikipedia in its motion to dismiss our defamation lawsuit, in an attempt to claim that Project Veritas is libel proof. The Gray Lady argued they could print whatever they want about Project Veritas, because Wikipedia and other media outlets said bad things about Veritas first. New York Supreme Court disagreed: Polling does not decide the truth nor speak to evidence, and Defendants have not met their burden to prove that the reporting by Veritas in the Video is deceptive. Justice Wood: There is a substantial basis in law to proceed, to permit the plaintiff [Project Veritas], to conduct discovery, and to then attempt to meet its higher standard of proving liability through clear and convincing evidence of actual malice. The New York Times is one of the largest newspapers in the world since Abraham Lincoln, the ruling stated. And its claiming protections from an upstart competitor [Project Veritas] armed with a cell phone and a web site. Judicial order denying New York Times motion to dismiss: The [New York Times] Articles could be viewed as exposing Veritas to ridicule and harm
because the reader may read these news Articles
and conclude that Veritas is a partisan zealot group, deceptively editing video, and presenting it as news. The order continued: Upon review of the total context and tone of the stories
the court concludes that a reasonable reader could very well believe that the challenged statements were conveying facts about Veritas. Constitutional Law Professor Jonathan Turley called the decision a major victory for Veritas: I expect to be teaching this case next year in my torts class when we deal with defamation. [WESTCHESTER, N.Y. Apr. 5, 2021] Project Veritas founder and CEO James OKeefe gave an update on the organizations defamation lawsuit against the New York Times today, explaining how a recent court ruling could potentially flip the script on the mainstream media. NN COMMENTS: Tucker is among the notables seen and heard explaining this turn of events. Those are my quote marks in the headline -- hard to believe this is THAT big a win, but if James says so I'll believe it till some jew or gurl judge rules by fiat against him. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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