Good or Bad for free Speech?

[Insideop]

Covington boy wins the lawsuit against CNN. Is this a step forward in reforming fairness by pressuring big media to report both sides of an issue?

a. The kid is white was wearing a Trump hat when he was verbally attacked by black racists, and approached closely by a Native American. CNN immediately piled on because they are anti-Trump and they assumed the child was doing something wrong. Additional lawsuits are being filed against other media outlets.

 

[Blondee15]

Covington boy wins the lawsuit against CNN, is this a step toward reforming fairness and getting both sides of the issues in our news media?
a. The kid was wearing a Trump hat, he was verbally attacked by black racists and CNN immediately piled on because he was wearing a red Trump hat.

It doesn’t really have anything to do with free speech. It has everything to do with slandering a persons good name in front of the world. CNN got what they deserved

 

[Insideop]

It doesn’t really have anything to do with free speech. It has everything to do with slandering a persons good name in front of the world. CNN got what they deserved

Thanks, I wrote my question so poorly. I did edit it. Well, now that you say that, I am not sure what the court officially ruled. I will check. The press is protected by the 1st Amendment to write what they want, and if they make a mistake, they get time to retract the story.
I don't like hate speech laws. But it seems in order to have a new fair press, the ACLU type approach is needed at this time in our history.

 

[Insideopp]

It doesn’t really have anything to do with free speech. It has everything to do with slandering a persons good name in front of the world. CNN got what they deserved

Yes, Defamation of character.