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To refresh your memory, ABC\u2019s George Stephenopolis repeatedly said on a broadcast that President Trump had been convicted of rape. This was a flat out lie and Stephenopolis had been warned repeatedly about this, but ignored the warning. These lies led President Trump to sue both Stephenopolis and ABC.<\/p>\n
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The decision was made by Disney, which own ABC to settle the case and avoid going to trial, since it was pretty obvious that they would lose and big time. The decision by ABC\/Disney to settle has set off a number of liberals who are decrying the deal as an assault on a free press. Here are the amusing details from Fox News<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n Liberals across social media and on MSNBC are upset over ABC News’ defamation settlement<\/a> with President-elect Donald Trump, who sued the outlet after host George Stephanopoulos claimed the president-elect was “found liable for rape” during a contentious interview with Rep. Nancy Mace.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n “It seems to me that with that language, with that quotation, ABC actually had a very strong case, but chose to settle. A settlement is not an admission of liability. It is instead an agreement to end the matter in the best interest of both parties. But they are agreeing to issue this statement of regret, which is not exactly an apology. But I do worry about the effect this could have on others and the chilling effect it might have on people who otherwise would be critical of Donald Trump,” MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade said during a discussion about the defamation settlement on Saturday. <\/b><\/p>\n I looked up Barbara McQuade and she was a U.S. attorney under Obama. That she\u2019s ended up on MSNBC should tell you a lot of how she perceives the law. It\u2019s to be used as a weapon against the Democrat\u2019s enemies. Her statement that ABC had a good case flies in the face of the facts. But then, Democrat and facts never seem to bother them to much.<\/p>\n “I got to think that the ABC boardroom was involved in this decision somehow,” LA Times legal columnist Harry Litman said during the MSNBC appearance on Saturday. “And my big worry to put a finer point on what Barb is saying is it is somehow caught up in the fact he will be president soon.” <\/b><\/p>\n Another one from MSNBC? Well, on his remark that this was probably a decision by the boardroom is correct. He was just aiming low. I suspect this was something that Disney\u2019s Bob Iger, the Disney legal department and the Disney boardroom took an interest in. Disney has been getting their heads handed to them across the board and are staring to get very gun shy. There was also the little problem of the facts backing President Trump. If they had lost at trial, it could have cost Disney\/ABC billions.<\/p>\n “This seems quite targeted, and I don\u2019t think George Stephanopoulos was wrong. I\u2019m sorry,” MSNBC host Symone Sanders said during a conversation on the network on Saturday.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n Ok, why are the moonbats at MSNBC sticking their noses in all this? Shouldn\u2019t they be thinking about their jobs? MSNBC is hemorrhaging viewers and there is still the possibility that Elon Musk might just buy the channel. The MSNBC management might just decide that they need to pull back from the rampaging Trump Derangement Syndrome that is infecting their staff and decide to \u201cEuthanize\u201d the jobs of the worst case sufferers.<\/p>\n Marc E. Elias, a Democratic election lawyer, accused ABC News of bending the knee and kissing the ring by settling.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n “Knee bent. Ring kissed. Another legacy news outlet chooses obedience,” he wrote on X. <\/b><\/p>\n I understand that Elias may have his own legal issues, or so I\u2019ve heard. He does have a long record of abusing the legal system to to benefit the Democrats at the expense of the Republicans.<\/p>\n Several liberals have started posting on Bluesky, an app similar to Elon Musk’s X, following the election. Norm Eisen, a legal<\/a> analyst on CNN, wrote that “George Stephanopoulos did not libel Trump\u2014& I very much doubt George wanted to settle.” <\/b><\/p>\n “First the LA Times, then the Washington Post, and now ABC News. They are all falling to Donald Trump. When George Stephanopoulos said Trump “raped” E. Jean Carroll, he was using the word colloquially. Trump was found liable of sexually assaulting her,” USA Today opinion columnist wrote on<\/a> Bluesky. <\/b><\/p>\n Nice try Norm. When someone uses the word \u201cRape\u201d it has a very specific meaning to pretty much anyone with a functioning brain. (This lets out most Leftards and anyone posting on BlueSky these days) The only place it would be \u201cColloquially\u201d used is among people who want to slander, libel and defame those they hate.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n