bearister said:
" but some idiot at CNN acknowledged CNN paid Sandmann a few million dollars in January."
Please provide the link where someone from CNN said he got millions. I found 2 CNN sources saying $25K. Insane not to try that case before paying millions.
Interesting that was the one thing you picked out of the post.
Above the Law citing internal rumors at CNN said 25 million in a furious editorial about why media companies are now forced into settlements (their view is my comments in the post are out of date, because the media is so broke it now pays off all these lawsuits, which is interesting logic). Those rumors seem absurdly high. The NY Post quoted a CNN employee as millions. and that his job was in jeopardy (there is some irony about that considering the media uses sources all the time), As did Fox, as did the Orange County Register, and many conservative outlets. Oh and twitter and even dudes on internet sites like 247 repeated it all. So it must be right. Cornel Law Professor William A. Jacobson, was quoted, said the recovery was over $1 million based on sources. The professor said most of the amount recovered was plaintiff legal fees in what was an extensive discovery process.
Be interesting to see the the CNN guys saying publicly it was $25K. Are you sure that wasn't the Post settlement they were discussing? Interestingly, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and many major newspapers failed to even report there was a settlement with CNN. Though CNN Business News reported the settlement as news and even quoted Sandmann's attorney to their credit. The media clearly is different today, and I guess we can all thank Twitter and Clint Eastwood.
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