• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    Oh, that’ll get spicy.

    If there’s anything to this story, and fuck knows, there certainly is, the last thing Robinson wants is to get into a trial against an organization that has evidence and a soapbox big enough for a herd of elephants to trumpet from.

    What a fucking moron.

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      It doesn’t matter.

      Nothing will happen before the election, and until then he can spin it as suing CNN for spreading lies or something, and get away with it with 0 penalty.

      It’s a mildly clever stalling tactic.

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        I wouldn’t say zero penalty; his poll numbers are shit. They were before the story leaked, but nobody seems to be Teflon the way Trump is. He’s possibly tanking North Carolina down ballot, and could even flip the state for Kamala. His political career is surely finished. It would have been before now if the GOP had their way, they tried really hard to get him to drop out.

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          Although I do love that CNN dropped this bombshell within something like 18 hours of the deadline for him to drop out.

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            I’ve heard rumors that it was leaked by the GOP specifically to get him to drop out before it was too late, but he’s a stubborn Trumper, so I hope they’re enjoying the beast they created.

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              If that’s true, I’m glad it came back to bite them in the ass. They’re reaping what they sowed with years of MAGA.

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    9 months ago

    The Republican candidate for North Carolina governor accused the outlet of leaking his information, while refusing to admit it was his information

    I don’t say this often, but lol

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      He initially claimed it was AI. And when he was asked how faked messages could be put on archived web pages, he made a sort of “they have ways of doing these things” statement.

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      The article doesn’t make it sound like the direction he’s actually taking, but he could potentially sue for defamation, since they’re attributing the messages to him, which he denies is true, and the messages have had a pretty apparent negative effect on him. Seems like he’s suing for leaking his PII instead though, so I guess he’s doubling down on the notion that someone apparently went through a lot of effort to fake everything.

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      I think the idea from the article was that all the info in the profile had been previously breached and leaked, so anyone could have made the profile

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      It won’t get that far. This is one of those it’s cheaper to file a lawsuit than do a publicity blitz scenarios. He will drop the lawsuit, probably sometime after the election.

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    This will never go to discovery, else proving this perverts perviness. No, Clayton Bigsby just wants the “I’m fighting this” press coverage. GUARANTEED he will drop this suit right after the election.

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    Maybe don’t be a stupid piece of shit to use your real information when making an account on a porn site, doubly so when you feel relaxed enough to spout that you identify as a “black nazi” and would like slavery again. You know what, do put all your personal info on porn sites and all places where you are likely to share the bullshit you believe in, makes it easier for us to call you out.

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      Imagine not only being that dumb, but then being dumb enough to not delete the messages when the post-nut clarity hits. Robinson is so lacking in judgement and critical thinking skills that not even one of nature’s most potent boosts helps him.

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      The first amendment protects the press from whatever crime he thinks they committed. The only way it wouldn’t is if the information was in fact not from him, and then he may be able to seek damages for libel. That said, he would also have to prove that CNN knew it wasn’t him at the time it was published and did so anyways, or at least that is what precedent seems to be.

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    My guy thinks he can sue a major media outlet into silence.

    I mean, it did work for Twitter to get one of its advertisers back, so we’ll see… 😅

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    Whats the old phrase originally meant for news papers… Don’t pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel. Same thing here just different format.