{"id":117828,"date":"2019-03-02T08:57:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T12:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=117828"},"modified":"2019-03-02T08:58:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T12:58:15","slug":"flashback-250-million-defamation-lawsuit-filed-against-wapo-proceeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=117828","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: $250 million defamation lawsuit filed against WAPO proceeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Post faces $250 million defamation lawsuit for Covington Catholic coverage<\/h1>\n

by Katelyn Caralle\u00a0 |\u00a0 Washington Examiner<\/p>\n

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N<\/span>ick Sandmann is suing the Washington Post for $250 million for defamation.<\/h5>\n

The Kentucky high school student at the center of\u00a0a controversial confrontation<\/a>\u00a0with a Native American demonstrator at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial last month is claiming that the Post competed \u201cto claim leadership of a mainstream and social media mob of bullies which attacked, vilified, and threatened Nicholas Sandmann.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0lawsuit<\/a><\/u> filed Tuesday seeks $250 million in damages, which it notes is the same amount that the Post\u2019s owner Jeff Bezos paid for the newspaper in 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Post must be dealt with the same way every bully is dealt with and that is hold the bully fully accountable for its wrongdoing in a manner which effectively deters the bully from again bullying other children,\u201d the lawsuit reads.<\/p>\n

Sandmann was the\u00a0center of a media frenzy<\/a>\u00a0after he appeared in a video with a Native American leader, a participant in the Indigenous People\u2019s March, who approached the high school student and banged a drum in his face.<\/p>\n

The scene was initially perceived as the Covington Catholic High School student, donning a \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d hat, attempting to intimidate activist Nathan Phillips.<\/p>\n

Longer videos revealed that Phillips approached Sandmann and the group of high school students, who were in Washington, D.C., to participate in the anti-abortion March for Life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Post negligently and recklessly published its False and Defamatory Accusations despite internal inconsistencies in Phillips\u2019 claims as well as material differences in his statements to other outlets published January 19 and 20,\u201d Sandmann\u2019s lawyers said in the lawsuit. \u201cThe Post negligently and recklessly published its False and Defamatory Accusations in derogation of accepted principles of journalistic ethics, including by failing to use heightened sensitivity when dealing with juveniles.\u201d<\/p>\n

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