Category: Nicholas Sandmann

DeSantis’ Effort Fights Defamation, but Could Harm Press Freedom

March 13, 2023
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Commentary Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis presents himself as a serious, pro-business, anti-woke, and conservative alternative to both former President Donald Trump and current President, Joe Biden. Controversially, DeSantis is reportedly pro-big-conservative government—looking for ways to protect the little guy from institutional elites often more concerned about making money in China, for example, than the future…

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DeSantis and Panel Discuss Need for Libel Law Reforms to Protect Everyday Citizens

February 8, 2023
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted a live-streamed roundtable discussion on Feb. 7, aiming at big media companies who, participants said, play fast and loose with the truth, leaving broken lives in their wake. They discussed the 1964 Supreme Court decision of the New York Times v. Sullivan, which made it nearly impossible for a public…

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Sandmann After Rittenhouse Acquittal: ‘I Think He Should Sue the Media’

November 21, 2021
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A Kentucky man who filed several lawsuits against CNN, the New York Times, and other media outlets said that Kyle Rittenhouse should sue legacy news outlets for defamation after his acquittal last week. Nicholas Sandmann, who was also labeled a racist and a white supremacist when he was confronted by a Native American during a viral…

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Nicholas Sandmann Discharges Lin Wood Over Comments on Mike Pence

January 26, 2021
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Nicholas Sandmann, a Kentucky high school student who was subjected to negative and defamatory press coverage based on a video that went viral, has dismissed his lawyer, Lin Wood. “I have ended my lawyer-client relationship with Mr. Wood and no longer wish to be represented by him,” Sandmann said in an affidavit in court filings…

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