He’s a magistrate, as I recall. And no, something like that should not require a higher level of proof. This was out and out a stupid move for a national broadcast to even think of displaying.
A deranged man, spurred on by right wing propaganda, just yesterday attempted to murder FBI agents, and now they’re targeting a judge? This cannot be protected speech, at least not in my view. They know what they’re doing is inciting violence, and they don’t care.
Look, I’m all for constitutional protections but what the fuck is this? How is this legal, don’t even get me started with ethical? So Fox Noise can fan the flames of insurrection and encourage domestic terrorists with complete bullshit? And when they get someone killed? What then? I cannot believe that we allow this shit to continue. As Lincoln said, “The Constitution is not a suicide pact” and yet here we are, whistling out our asses while the people who would burn this country to the ground, the constitution included, get away with this shit day after bloody day.
Good luck getting Alex Jones (syn alexjonesing) into the American political lexicon.
I’ve been trying for years to get the word goppioni into the lexicon, unsuccessfully so far. It is an acronym of sorts for “”GOP Partisan Interest Over National Interest.”
For example: In a particularly egregious act of goppioni Mitch McConnell slow walked Trump’s second impeachment past Trump’s time in office before acting.
Maybe Kil-meade moron thought he could get away with it. Any lawyers here? Does this meet the standard of actual malice?
in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), the Supreme Court has held that public officials cannot recover damages for libel without proving that a statement was made with actual malice — defined as “with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.”