Lotās of RWNJ cash outlays and embarrassment lately. Good.
Trump: Beck is a traitor as he is arming The Terrorists.
Last month, Saris had ordered Beck to reveal his confidential sources used in the Boston bombing reporting.
Once that happened, I think it was pretty much guaranteed that Beck was going to have to cough up a big check. How big a check, Glenn?
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(whimper, sniffle, sniffle) NO COMMENT! (sob!)
Getting stroked a check with several zeros in it lessens the disappointment of being denied punitive damages.
Beck settled because there WERE NO CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES. In fact, there were no sources at all!
They just saw a picture of a āSemitic Guyā near the bombing and labeled him a terrorist, then doubled-down when called on it. They thought they could get away with it, they were wrong.
Which implies that it must have been a pretty hefty settlement, assuming Alharbiās lawyers are even minimally competent. Beckās accusations, even after Alharbi was publicly cleared by the US, permanently damaged Alharbiās reputation and ability to work or conduct business, in addition to permanently putting him at increased risk of violence - especially since the settlement lets Beck get away without admitting fault or wrong-doing.
That leaves Alharbi in the position of needing both a lifelong income stream and enough money to pay for enhanced security and any potential medical fees from violence directed at him or his family - plus of course another 50% for the legal fees (which would be 1/3 of the settlement atter the legal fees are added in, for people trying to work out the math on that).
If Alharbiās lawyers settled for anything less than something in the tens of millions of dollars range, theyāre incompetent.
I wish for once they wouldnāt settle out of court and this thing of denying any wrong doing crap I would have loved to se him drug into a court to defend his indefensible bullshit
Well, perhaps you are right. But often when the terms and $$ of the settlement are kept confidential, they are not in the tens of millions, perhaps one to three millions, which, I have to admit, leaves a good chunk of cash for the lawyers, from 3 to 9 hundred thou.
Beck may not be very rich these days. He doenāt have any national TV exposure at all, which is the way it should be.
Too bad the hipster tech billionaires donāt want to pursue this one in court.
āA statement from both parties said that no party āhas admitted any fault, wrongdoing, or responsibility as part of the settlement.āā
Thereās no way I would have settled with those terms. Beck and the companies should have been forced to admit they were wrong, or lied.
I gotta leave. I can barely read the stories with that ad Josh has up in the middle of them.
Beck did not pay a penny. His Insurance Company is the one that pays.
Iād like to see how much his rates go up after this (or if he can even GET liability insurance anymore.)
I agree entirely. Where is the party of personal responsibility?
My guess is that there was no āconfidential sourceā to reveal and once Beck lost that fight the only question left was how much $$$$. Without a source to point to, Beck had no defense and faced the possibility of significant punitive damages.
Confidentiality and no admissions of fault are routine.
I will place the over/under on the settlement at $10M?
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Last month, Saris had ordered Beck to reveal his confidential sources used in the Boston bombing reporting. Beck and his lawyers defied the order, saying that doing so would threaten the lives of their sources.
Which totally makes sense. Since āsourcesā = a story he pulled out of his ass, his ass was certainly on the line if he revealed 'em.
ā¦or a Prime subscription. As a TPM follower since 2002 I think Josh deserves my support.
As @khaaannn and maybe others have pointed out, the only thing to feel good about is that the innocent victim has been made whole (we hope). The only pain thatās being felt is by his liability insurance provider.
Thereās no karmic blowback at Beck. Heās as rich today as he was yesterday, heās as apologetic today as he was yesterday, and heās as employable today as he was yesterday.
The only price heāll personally pay is a higher liability insurance premium going forward, and thatās a rounding error in the amount of money he can command if he wants to stay in front of the cameras. (And even thatās not really his expense; itās on the company that hires him, even if itās his own company.)
I canāt afford it.