
by: Bill Dupray posted: 2008-12-30 19:35:00
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Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of folks.
From Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
Washington lobbyist Vicki L. Iseman has filed a $27 million defamation lawsuit against The New York Times for a February article about Iseman and her relationship with Sen. John McCain.The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond on Tuesday, alleges the article falsely communicated that Iseman and McCain had an illicit ?romantic? relationship in 1999 when he was chair of the Senate Commerce Committee and she was a lobbyist representing clients before Congress.
The suit also names the executive editor of the Times, its Washington bureau chief and four reporters who wrote the story as defendants.
William Keller, the paper?s executive editor, did not respond to an e-mail requesting comment on the suit. . . .
The 36-page complaint charges that the story implies an ?unprofessional relationship? between Iseman and McCain.
Both Iseman and McCain denied any improper relationship. However, the public viewed the story as being about an affair, according to the suit, which cites the post-publication remarks of 10 different commentators across the political spectrum. In each case, their comments about the story assumed it was about an alleged affair, the lawyers noted.
The Times? own public editor, Clark Hoyt, published what Allen called a ?blistering attack? on the Times? decision to publish the original Iseman article.
The suit claims that Iseman suffered damage to her mental, emotional and physical health. The lawyers noted that she continues to work as a lobbyist in Washington, for a firm based in Arlington. They said they anticipate developing their case on damages as the matter moves forward.
Here is a copy of the Complaint.
Exit question: Does the New York Times even have $27 million?
Maybe she'll take the Red Sox.
H/T Yid With Lid
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Almost as bad as when Bush n Co used the media to slam McCain's wife for being a drug addict and hyped some story about McCain's black slave-love child. Or the complete mockery that was the 2004 swift boat attack.
There are no new lows. Political scum bags are only superseded by the piss gurgling media who regurgitate their filth to the public.
We need a bloody and violent civil war to at least clean out all the scumbags who aren't willing to fight to the death to stay here.
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That Vicky Iseman story was disgusting. Journalism sank to a new low.
I'm sticking to the Wall Street Journal.