NBC just settled with Nick Sandmann...

[K Frame]

Of course, the terms are undisclosed and confidential.

That makes three big media outlets that have settled now, including CNN and the Washington (Com)Post.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/nicholas-sandmann-nbc-settlement-covington-kid

[Ben]

That's three down and it looks like a half dozen to go, which he will also win, and deservedly so.

[Perd Hapley]

Judging by their coverage of Kyle Rittenhouse, they've learned nothing. Seems like smearing Americans is more rewarding for them than avoiding lawsuits.

And now for the yuks (from Jan. 2020)

Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann had to save his allowance for six months to attend the March For Life in Washington last year. But this year, CNN was gracious enough to fund the trip in its entirety. “It’s so nice of them,” Mr. Sandmann said. “I mean, not only did they pay for my spot on the bus out here, but they also paid for all my meals and my luxury suite at the Trump International Hotel; it’s got a jacuzzi and everything. Can’t wait to get the chill off after the march by soaking in that thing.”

Mr. Sandmann’s father told reporters that CNN is also kindly covering the costs of his son’s college education, medical school, first car and house, and full retirement plan—plus the purchase of either a major league baseball or NFL team, depending on what Nick decides later in life.

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/01/nick-sandmann-wins-free-trip-from-cnn-to-the-march-for-life.html

[HankB]

Of course, the terms are undisclosed and confidential.
 . . .

And of course, NBC is probably hoping Sandmann is dumb enough to disclose the terms, which would probably nullify the agreement and the suit. As much as I'd like to know what NBC had to pay out, I have a hunch Sandmann is smart enough to keep his pie hole closed about it.

[MechAg94]

Good for him. 

I am still not sure Rittenhouse will have success with lawsuits.  He was involved in a criminal case, not just hanging out on a school trip. 

[230RN]

OP op cit.:

"In 2020, Sandmann attorney Todd McMurtry told Fox News that lawsuits against "as many as 13 other defendants will be filed," including ABC, CBS, The Guardian, HuffPost, NPR, Slate, The Hill, and Gannett, which owns the Cincinnati Enquirer as well as other small outlets."


"It makes my heart soar like an eagle." --Grandfather, played by Chief Dan George, in "Little Big Man" (1970)

Let 'em quake in terror and clutch their pearls and collapse onto the fainting couch.

   

I mean that sincerely.

Terry, 230RN

[Hawkmoon]

Good for him. 

I am still not sure Rittenhouse will have success with lawsuits.  He was involved in a criminal case, not just hanging out on a school trip.

I would say Rittenhouse has a higher hurdle to surmount, but until the media made him into a "public personality" he wasn't one. And they basically labeled him a mass murderer, which the acquittal on all charges blew a pretty big hole in. I think he has a chance to collect a few dinars if he has the right lawyer -- and if he'll now go back home and STFU.

[230RN]

It would be nice to see a couple of those irresponsible spews outlets go belly up because of the suits.

[MechAg94]

I would say Rittenhouse has a higher hurdle to surmount, but until the media made him into a "public personality" he wasn't one. And they basically labeled him a mass murderer, which the acquittal on all charges blew a pretty big hole in. I think he has a chance to collect a few dinars if he has the right lawyer -- and if he'll now go back home and STFU.

I don't mind him doing some interviews.  I figure he was getting paid for it which he probably needs.  I agree he has a chance with his lawsuits as long as he gets the right lawyers and they take their time and do it right.

[K Frame]

I would say Rittenhouse has a higher hurdle to surmount, but until the media made him into a "public personality" he wasn't one. And they basically labeled him a mass murderer, which the acquittal on all charges blew a pretty big hole in. I think he has a chance to collect a few dinars if he has the right lawyer -- and if he'll now go back home and STFU.

I think Rittenhouse will have an easier time suing on grounds of slander for the networks and talking heads labeling him a white supremacist and racist. As far as I know, absolutely no proof of such has ever come out, nor has there been anything even remotely corroborating such claims.

[Hawkmoon]

I think Rittenhouse will have an easier time suing on grounds of slander for the networks and talking heads labeling him a white supremacist and racist. As far as I know, absolutely no proof of such has ever come out, nor has there been anything even remotely corroborating such claims.

Good point.

[Bogie]

Doesn't he have the same lawyers that Sandmann had?
 
IIRC, they did the Sandmann thing cheap - but they'll make bank with Rittenhouse...