Wow! Journalist John Oliver is getting sued by a coal CEO prick

>>130988172
>slandering someone in the current year
SAGE

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>>130988172
Why he hasn't been deported for in my opinion inciting violence and civil unrest in America yet, baffles me.

>>130988172
Fuck John Oliver.
Buck toothed sissy nigger cock sucker needs to die or go back to Muslimstan, UK

>>130988498
>Documented and video evidence
>Slander

>>130988172
He calls himself a journalist? He's a performance artist and a cringey one at that

>>130988172
Eat Shit and Die

>>130988172
Nah, he's a neoliberal. Let them die on the table for all I care.

>>130988172

You went a little too hard on the "I'm just pretending to be retarded" troll. Shills ARE dumb enough to be ok with you calling him a journolist, but everyone recognizes the bait when you mention impartial reporting.

Try again in an hour without it, and somewhere it will be pasted into a raid discord where they all cheer at a small victory in culture change here at /pol/

>>130988172
Well I guess if he is true press they can fact check him and he could retract any glass statements. If he is just an entertainer he is protected by free speech laws.

>>130988581
We'll see. I highly doubt he even mentioned the fact that Scrubbers exist and are legally required in the US, and that coal plants only exist as a byproduct of steel and alloyed metal creation. If you're making that shit anyways, harness energy from the process. Then use scrubbers to cut 90% of the pollutants from getting to the air.

So basically /pol/ only cares about free speech when it's a conservative being oppressed?

>>130988172
>CEO abusing his employees and harming our environment
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>>130988172


defenging himself against evil leftist defamationa nd hate-speech
> is somehow 'bad' and 'a prick' for defending himself against the attack

leftism 2017

end leftism now = end tyranny, terrorism, racehate, genderhate and total intellectual hyperdegeneration.

leftism is the disease of the planet.
erradicate leftism NOW !

>>130988172
You can sue them for defamation. Remember Gawker?
>remember

>>130989026
Slader is not free speech

Best piece of news I heard all day. Fuck that limey panty waste.

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>>130988172
Unfunny show, canned laughter, frantic idiot that's unfunny. Shoo shoo slimy limey. He grew old fast.

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>>130988580

>>130988815
not for blatant libel m8

>>130988172
>Journalist
>John Oliver

Pick one.

>>130989130
This
Fuck him

Does somebody know if he's gay?

>>130988580
He's the literal cuck fag beta.

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>>130988172
>but I'm just a comedy show

This is going to be one of the easiest defamation court cases ever. Hope John is ready to pay up.

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>>130988172
>We need to take a stand for freedom of the press at all costs.
get a load of this last week tonight intern. fuck off, slimey limey.

>>130988172
Lol nope, not anymore libshit. There's free speech, and then there's fucking slander. I dont know if this piece constituted slander or not, but I sure as fuck don't oppose someone suing a journo if they feel they've been unfairly represented.

You faggots have been above the law with this for way too long, not anymore.

>>130989123
In what way is it slander?

>>130988782
neoliberal = Reagan and Thatcher

Oliver is just another progressive elitist who thinks he knows better what you should do with your money

The coal CEO is going to die of cancer before the trial is over and John Oliver's show basically ran a hit piece on him

I don't think anyone is under any illusions that Last Week Tonight is anything but a propaganda outlet.

Good, I hope he wins and this rat-faced faggot has to go back to England.

>>130988172
Why cant right wing have equal comedy outlets. Liberals laugh at conservatives every day with , Colber, Noah, Bee, SNL. Honestly they joke with a pretty good understanding of the issues. They just aren't funny. Why can't we have clever witty anti leftist comedy shows?

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>>130988172
Get the fuck off this board

>>130989531
It triggers the right who lurk and post here

>>130988172
Badmouth the coal, pay the toll

>>130988172

He's free to speak and the CEO if free to try to SUE.

Who fucking cares about this? Fucking shill. Learn how to not be so fucking obvious.

>>130988172
You are free to say what you like,but that dosent meant it dosent come with repercussions

How can we help the CEO

>>130988172
>wants to talk about someones questionable actions publicly
>you're not allowed to if they send you a letter saying they don't want you to
How is the USA the land of the free again?

>>130989544
Is he an a fag or isn't he? I really can't tell

>>130988172
Good.
Fuck that faggot.
Don't defame the coal industry if you don't want to be sued for it.

>>130988800
This.
Nice numbers BTW.

>>130989604
(((Reasons)))

>>130988172
Good.
1st Amendment limits Government, not people getting defamed by liberal cunts.

>>130988172
>the press
he's a comedian, not the press. He's vulnerable to libel and slander just like anyone else.
That's some real tough shit for him, hope he loses his shirt, British faggot.

>>130989026
I'd like to think that, for most people, I could set aside my political beliefs to stand up for my ideals across the board.
John Oliver is such an insufferable faggot that aside from maybe him and his family being lynched in the streets, I'm happy to see him get fucked in any way possible.

>>130989026
have some general life advice: stop lying to yourself. Don't tolerate it.
Your life will get better

>>130988172

oh no watever will current year man do now?

>>130989531
in what way is it not? can you prove it's not? cause really, if you could then why would you even bring this up here, as Shitoliver would have a case then... but you can't because he has no leg to stand on.

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>>130988172
Go fuck yourself you fucking shilly SHIT!

I can't wait to see this piece of shit BritCunt fucking fired and if possible hurled from some rooftop when the day of the rope comes around..!

>>130989891
>muh imaginary friend have feewings and can sue you in court
Don't do drugs, anon.

>>130990296
>imaginary
It's real enough to sue the faggot.

Don't care. If it's mischaracterizing slander (it's John Oliver, of course it is) then libel laws will rape him and make him pregnant with a goat baby, and that'll be all there is to it. He's on his own.

>>130990275
>Shitoliver
That is slander

>/pol/ manages to squeeze even more corporate dick into their already gaping assholes than ever thought before
What a surprise that no one here has any consistency or back bone. In what way was this libel?

#IStandWithTheCoalCEO

>>130988172
>civil suit
>muh freeze peach
Um that's not how it works sweetie

>>130990421
Slander is fine, libel is not. That is what he will be sued for no doubt. And if he mischaracterizes them and what the truth is, he will pay for it.

>>130990275
Holy fuck the burden of proof is on you. Pointing out faulty safety conditions that caused an accident is not slander you dense mongoloid.

>>130988800
Are you in my guilds discord?

>>130990421
You can call trump Drumpf and shit all you want, calling him a nazi and citing false quotes to give that impression is libel. Luckily for you faggots, politicians are exceptions. The coal industry isn't, and "shitoliver" is going to learn that the hard way

>>130990450
>millionaire, HBO, and Time Warner being sued
>w-why are you siding with corporations
85 IQ retard confirmed.

>>130988172
>your rights end where my feelings begin
/pol/ is just right-wing SJW

>>130990528


>Spoken defamation is fine, written defamation is not

Retarded leaf

>>130988172
If he has something to report, he can leave it to non-fake news. Spewing a ton of bullshit and then crying over one normal news in a decade wont give him any of my support.

>>130988172
fuck that cunt. I hope his children get bone cancer.

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>>130990874
>misinterpreting this hard and trying this hard to sound smart
Tfw burger doesn't know what libel is

>>130988172
If you're so sure that oliver is right then why not put it to the chest in the court of law?

>>130990768
what about calling him a neo-con globalist?

>>130990617
>you


like I am involved in this sweety :D, you are a god damned retard. You clearly can not tell who is a troll and who is not. Good day, faggot.

>>130990275
Oliver declared his sources, to back his accusations. You may try to refute his sources.

>>130988172
I stopped watching John Oliver when he lied about Hillary only accessing her email server from 1 device and didn't even mention she destroyed many of the 17 devices she actually used with hammers. He's a partisan hack.

>>130989531
>He claims to have gotten the idea for opening a mine from a talking squirrel!
>He intentionally collapsed a mine on his own workers!
>Yeah I got a cease and desist for lying about him and his company and hurting that company by doing it
>Misquoting half assed studies from hippies while ignoring any that go against my narrative
>But eat shit, gonna keep doing it! Not like he will live to see a court date

>>130988172
Why is a British comedian covering American news anyways? Lol. Like worry about the terrorists in England senpai.

>>130988172

Defamation isn't protected by freedom of speech. Now if John Oliver told the truth, freedom of speech will protect him. If john Oliver lies freedom of speech will not. Our system of civil liberties protects everyone, from John to the CEO.

No joke, let's see how this plays out.

>>130990768
Oliver's piece on coal wasn't centered on Trump, actually. He focused on the coal pusher that is now suing him.

Pol is literally coalburners now. Sad!

>>130991255
Seems like another potential gawker situation

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>>130988172
No sorrow for liberal liars and fake news. I hope the worst befalls all of them and no I won't stand up for them on principle, they've gone too far, you don't defend your enemies.

>>130988172
>Misunderstanding freedom of speech this badly and thinking it means 100% of anything is absolutely free to say in any context as well

wew

Britbongs, why can't you take him back?

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>>130991769
SUED

>>130991255
>>He claims to have gotten the idea for opening a mine from a talking squirrel!
>>He intentionally collapsed a mine on his own workers!
yeah and no one in their right mind would actually believe either of these statement
would be like suing the onion because of one of their silly stories

>>130989194
kikebook tier

I don't like John Oliver either but I support his freedom of speech.

I think all of you laughing at someone losing their freedom of speech should kindly fuck off back to redittttt

>>130992602
Good try Oliver

I stand with oliver on free speech on this issue but it is fun to watch him take shit for his big mouth.

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>>130988172
The survival of Joel Olimur's influence in the US will lead to the end of free speech anyways, why the fuck should I care about some bong who has bigger gaps in his narrative than in his teeth?

>>130992791
I stand with jones on free speech on any issue but it is fun to watch him take shit for his big mouth.

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>This entire thread
I love how nobody mentions the part where Oliver opens up on the fraud that is "muh coal jobs".

>>130988172
>Commit Slander
>Get sued
No sympathy. Democrats want to break the law? They can pay the toll.

>>130988172
>defending a foreign infiltrator
Not feeling it.

This is not a free speech issue, i watch every episode of that show and, while it started with some genuine good pieces of journalism dressed up as comedy he is dropped in both the comedic aspect and the research one. Right now i just watch it as propaganda. That piece (and many others) is full of half truths, omissions and even blatant lies. Honestly he deserved to be sued and stand for trial. If he can defend himself good for him, if not it means that he was wrong and slandering the coal guy. As simple as that.

>>130993276

Nice try share blue

>>130990361
Are you a complete fucking dipshit or do you not understand how law works? Anyone can bring a suit. That doesn't mean the judge won't throw it out at the first opportunity.
Just admit you're a white nigger.

>>130993734
>That piece (and many others) is full of half truths, omissions and even blatant lies.

Prove it.

>>130988172
>We need to take a stand for freedom of the press at all costs
says the communist faggot

>>130990869
>>your rights end where my feelings begin
>/pol/ is just right-wing SJW
this.unironically();

>>130993835
Defamation is illegal. Maybe faggots on TV shouldn't trash a business' reputation over politics.

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>>130993358
>HUUUU HUUUUUUUU HUUUUUUUUUU RURAL AND SUBURBAN RETARDS HUUUUU HUUUUUUUU

That one mine was opened, it employs 70 miners. Each of those miners is paid double the average salary for their locale. They then spend the money in their local communities, bolstering local businesses which employ more people. Those people then spend that money in other local businesses. 70 middle class people can support hundreds of others through their expenditures. These jobs are important and the fact that kikes like you are talking about them dismissively is just a sign of how sociopathic Leftists are.

>>130988172
Oliver's the prick I see.

>>130993851

That's what the lawsuit is for you stupid fucking neet

>>130993975
>>130990869
>You have a right to commit Defamation on national television
lol, nope. Touting your ignorance as a badge of pride isn't something to be proud of, you low-information retard.

>>130993851
Not worth my time, lawyers will. That's their job bit some anons already wrote some of the most blatant onea

>>130993802
(You) must be the CR shill assigned to this thread. Good to know.

>>130993558
>break the law
Slander is a tort, not a law.
Literally suck your own dick and choke on it.

>>130988172
All press should be rounded up and thrown from helicopters and I am not ironical even a tiny bit.

>>130992266
So liberals get their news from satire news media?
>it's not slander, everyone knows we're fake news
Looks like a win-win to me

>>130994086
>70 jobs
>70
>SEVENTY
Surely we should totally restructure all of our financial and environmental policies for this! My fucking local Wal*Mart probably employs more people than that.

And republicucks claim they're good at economics.

>>130994427
>what are libel laws
There are laws for defamation.
I wouldn't expect a nigger to understand that laws are laws.

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>>130988576
who? the ceo of the coal company?
I agree.

>>130988172
>a coal CEO

WE HAVE TO LEND THIS HONORABLE MAN OUR FULL SUPPORT!

EVERYONE! EMAIL HIM OUR COMPASSIONATE HOPES FOR A GOOD RESOLUTION TO THIS TERRIBLE ASSAULT BY THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA!

>>130994778
>If you sue your enemies they win

>>130994427
>Slander is a tort, not a law.

It's a criminal offense in 17 US states

>>130994085
In the USA for libel not only do the statements need to be false and sullying a reputation, but also the defendant must have done so knowing it was false with malicious intentions.

so is this going to be like when oprah pissed off the beef industry? are there states where you can't badtalk coal?

>>130988172
Lefties are in support of stifling other's free speech on a daily basis!

Besides, Oliver should have been more considerate of the Plaintiff's feelings...since liberals care so much about other's feelings, no?

Coal produces coke which is used to make steel and other metals you enjoy.

/thread.

>>130994085
No, slander is a tort. Reform that, bitch.
>>130994177
Actually, you do have a right to defame other people in national media. Shall Make No Law, remember? Mr. Coalburner also has a right to claim an injury and have his case heard by a court. That doesn't mean he's right, it just means he can afford a lawyer.
That's now a law, that's a tort. How do you feel about tort reform now?

>>130994715
Libel is not slander is not defamation. Stop using words loosely if you don't want to be mocked cruelly.
>muh laws are laws
Grow the fuck up, you little cuck. If laws were laws rich child molesters wouldn't be getting off scot-free. You're just your daddy's dick sucker and none of your supposed reasoned argumentation is ever going to erase the taste of addy's cum from your mind.

>>130994711
>doesn't realize an example used to describe a larger situation

kys

>>130989398
2016

>>130995202
There IS NO "larger situation". The entire coal industry employs like 50k people.

>>130995018
Way to drop your beliefs at the drop of a hat.

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>>130995075

>>130989032
The original John Oliver video cited the government investigation into the earthquake and decided it was indeed the fault of the management. Also, they cited a video of a worker's family who said they were very dissatisfied with how Murray handled the situation

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I feel I have to add that I just love watching a former monopoly die a natural death and lose its grip on power over Washington.

>>130988172
How much do you want to bet that all of the right-wing SJWs saying "w-well he broke the law!" are the same ones who chimp out whenever people are jailed under European/Canadian hate speech laws? Once again /pol/tards show that they have no consistent principles.

>>130994976
Sounds perfectly plausible to me. Oliver's bosses don't like the coal industry and they put this shit out in the media for the purpose of affecting public opinion which would damage the company.
>>130995075
Laws are laws.
>If laws were laws rich child molesters wouldn't be getting off scot-free.
That's not how laws work. That's called corruption. A cancer in our system.

>>130995275
Which is larger than 70, are you really this fuck dumb?

>>130988580
>Fuck John Oliver.

>>130995570
And is literally nothing in comparison to other sources of employment like retail stores, exactly like the video pointed out. Fuck, do you morons even WATCH the youtube videos you post?

>>130995544
We have free speech here. Hate speech is free speech.
If you ban hate speech you cannot pretend to be a nation that values freedom and liberty.

>>130995544
>w-w-what do you mean there's a difference between targeted defamation and hate speech?

>you surely can't support someones freedom of speech getting stifled
If they're my ideological enemy, then sure I can!

If Oliver made false statements that can harm Murray's or his business's reputation, Oliver did in fact defame Murray and is legally liable.

Believe it or not, you can't just tell lies about people and get away with it. Of course Murray must prove how Oliver's claims were false, but if he can do so, technically Oliver isn't allowed to say them.

>>130988172
fuck him and fuck the left, hope he gets the shit sued out of him.

>>130995655
>retail stores
Are shit jobs.
It takes 3 retail positions to equal one actual career type job. We need careers. Retail is shit. It teaches you nothing of value and leads you nowhere.

>>130988695
this

>>130989398
Go Fuck Yourself.

>>130994711
well its a damn shame amazon is putting your local walmart out of business, off to the coalmines then?

>>130995847
another one! how's that time-warner unpaid internship?

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>>130988172
Nah, the media deserves to get sued for slander and defamation far more often than it currently has. Media hiding behind "Muh freeze peaches" and how it would set a terrible president.

>>130995544
If in my tv show i call someone a pedophile ruining his career/business i better have proof he actually is one. Same thing for this it's not rocket science people. If he has proof then he will be proved innocent in a court of law.

>>130995655
It's 50 thousand extra people that can contribute to the economy without mooching off society like the dindus, have you ever picked up an economics book?

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>>130995766
>If Oliver made false statements that can harm Murray's or his business's reputation
He also needs to directly point out where his business reputation was impacted, it can't be ambiguous. I'd wager the purpose of this suit isn't to prove Oliver committed libel, it's to force him to admit his show is a comedy show and nothing he says is intended to be treated as fact.

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>>130988172
Fuck John Oliver, hes a smug piece of biased shit thats not even a fucking American. Same as Trevor Noah. Fuck them both.

>>130995819
Not to mention they're among the easiest positions to automate within 10 years

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>>130995702
The US constantly violates its own constitution by spying on its own citizens, it is not a nation that can pretend to value freedom and liberty. In any case, you're missing the point. Is it right that people in the UK are jailed for "hate speech" just because their tyrannical government decided that talking bad about muzzies is something they should be punished for?
>>130995709
>w-w-what do you mean stifling people's freedom of expression to advance our political agenda isn't okay when we do it
>>130996014
So should Alex Jones be sued for running Pizzagate stories?
>inb4 it was proven to be true

>>130994895
What's wrong with coal CEOs?

>>130995308
Its called sarcasm

But when it comes to leftie's hypocrisies...they know no bounds.

>>130988172
Defamation is real.

>>130995766
You can tell lies and get away with it. Alex Jones does it all the fucking time.

You can't specifically target an organisation or individual with slanderous comments with malicious intent that causes a measurability harm to said individual or organisation.

John Oliver is a big guy. He can fight it in court.

>>130996276
They employ people that liberals don't like.

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>>130988172
(((Journalist)))

>>130996226
Lying and exaggerating about an industry in an effort to damage it is and should be illegal.
The comparison is in no way equal.

>>130996156
I'm willing to bet Oliver is already fine with owning up to that. They find clips from reputable sources as often as they can in order to avoid constantly giving his own opinion.
I think I saw him in an interview with him where he said he wasn't a news station anyways

>>130988819
this. coal goers under and you can forget a new iphone or other goygadget every year. we should burn this planet down to the mantle, force us through survival instinct to innovate and explore space.

>>130996226
freedom of speech means you're allowed to say "fuck niggers" because nobody loses anything from it

if you tell a lie about somebody and they lose money AND they can prove, to a court of law, that your words were the cause of that loss, which they have the right to attempt to do even if that's ultimately false, then you're not protected by the first amendment

>>130988498
It will be like Oprah being sued by the beef industry.

Whole lot of nothingburger.

>>130988172
He either has a case or he doesnt

>>130989604
Political humor died when John Stewart retired.

typical rat faced anglo

>>130996156

>it can't be ambiguous

I'm not entirely sure about this. If you have to explicitly define damage, that technically permits defamation in the short term because someone can hurt you for a period of time until you are able to document how you were hurt.

It's quite easy to explain how Oliver's comments hurt Murray. Lie about Murray being responsible for employee deaths -> sour reputation of Murray and coal for millions of viewers -> viewers advocate for variety of measures that damage Murray and coal such as divestment, promoting alternate energy, anti-coal legislation, etc.

>>130996723
>(((John Stewart)))
The completely biased shows of today are his fault.
And he had the nerve of complaining about political shows with people of opposing views were creating divisions and hurting America...
Then he went to create completely biased leftists shows. The bastard only wanted to get rid of any semblance of impartiality so he could have his way in creating leftist only propaganda.

>>130996473
>lying and exaggerating about a group of people in an effort to stir up hateful sentiments and damage their ability to exist peacefully in this country is and should be illegal
Tell me how you value freedom of speech again? People do what you said literally all the time. Hell, you even have an entire "alternative media" industry popping up based on exaggerating about and attempting to damage the credibility and livelihood mainstream media industry. It's not illegal, especially in the vague way you described where targeted defamation isn't even required
>>130996578
Yes, let's give the government the ability to decide what's officially true and what's false, that can't possibly go wrong. Oliver can cite his sources and did so in the report, so this case will go nowhere. It's just sad to see people defend this and think they're any better than leftists who try to opportunistically get people punished for their speech.

>>130988172
no sympathy i hope they rape the shit out of him

>>130997328
They already have that ability, that's how the justice system has worked for thousands of years

Reddit misses you, bring your low quality bait shitposts there

>>130997328
>think they're any better than leftists who try to opportunistically get people punished for their speech.

Leftists used violence, bomb threats and destruction of property to silence people.

Supporting a coal CEO is hardly compatible to what they did.

>people thinking Oliver is in any danger of being successfully sued

Just like Colbert losing his show right? Dipshits.

At some point, you fags are gonna have to realize that the answer to "Why are there so many leftist political shows? How come no one respects Fox News or Breitbart??" is simply because there aren't many good Republican arguments to be made

>>130997542
>redditspacing faggot tells people to go back to plebbit
The irony. Will you come back with these "rule of law" arguments when people get jailed for bullshit "hate speech"?
>B-but I feel that hate speech doesn't cause harm and these laws aren't justifiable
Irrelevant, the point is that your "the law is the law" argument applies equally to things that you people bitch about all the time
>>130997722
>Leftists used violence, bomb threats and destruction of property to silence people.
Using the state to silence people is inherently violent

>>130994427
>has never heard of tort law
this is why we don't let beaners be lawyers over here

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I hope this leads to a huge payoff to the coal god.

John Oliver needs to stop lying.

Slander!

>>130996825
>Lie about Murray being responsible for employee deaths -> sour reputation of Murray and coal for millions of viewers -> viewers advocate for variety of measures that damage Murray and coal such as divestment, promoting alternate energy, anti-coal legislation, etc.

You have to prove cause and effect, you can't just assume it. The effect has be to quantified for there to be damages, otherwise how exactly will you estimate how much Oliver owes in damages?

http://lawweb.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/ilj/assets/docs/21-1%20Little.pdf

As shown below, incongruity is a quality that is consistent throughout
humorous communications.26 If, as I maintain below, the humorous quality
of a communication is relevant to whether the law should expose the
communication to defamation liability, then identifying incongruity in a
communication can play a key role for evaluating whether the
communication is funny and, thus, should be insulated from (or exposed to)
defamation liability

There is a reason the /pol/ is satire meme exists. Oliver will use this as his defense. For Oliver to be guilty these factors need to be proven

1. Quantifiable financial damages have resulted because of his statements
2. The statements were false, and he knew they were false
3. The audience was expected to view his statements as fact. I.E. it was not satire or comedy

>>130998077
Liberal comedy is top-down, the "comedians" tell liberals what is funny and then they laugh. Conservative comedy is bottom-up, the funniest jokes spread the most, while the least funny jokes don't get spread.

>>130998420
In the video he peppers in a lot of statements from other people. Could he use that as a defense in order to say "I just do comedy in between statements from other people who actually make claims"?

>>130998570
>the left has comedy shows, but WE have memes!!!
middle-schooler detected, incoming b&

>>130988172
>John Oliver impartial reporting

>>130998816
>these people are comedians, therefore, I must laugh at their jokes because they know what is and isn't funny

>>130998699
>claims

Pretty much everything he said is a verifiable fact, what exactly did hey say that was in any way false?

>>130988581
>Implying this attention whore wouldn't fake that shit and take things out of context.

>>130988695
He's a propagandist and conman. Only idiots take him seriously.

>>130988172
>fake news
The current year guy isn't a journalist

>>130998699
>Could he use that as a defense in order to say "I just do comedy in between statements from other people who actually make claims"?

Yeah absolutely. The audience knows it's getting a comedy show, they already don't expect Oliver to be 100% truthful.

>>130989532
That's what he said, hell Thatcher destroyed the UK steel and coal industry as well.

>>130999133
Oh no, everything he said was indeed verifiable fact. I'm just wondering if broadcasting other people's statements counts as you making the statement

>>130988172
>Slander someone on national tv
>Expect no repercussions

Justice will be served.

>>130998164
>Using the state to silence people is inherently violent

Trying to kill people to silence them is violent. That is what the left does.

Correctly using peaceful laws is the opposite of violence.

>>130998816
Face it, field nigger, your owners tell you what to think, and your answer is "Yes Massa!"

>>130988172
No, we dont. the press no longer serves its original function exists only to facilitate marxism and degeneracy.

>>130988172
>someones freedom of speech
only a factor if the government trys to stop you...

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>>130994946
>slander
>criminal offense
>criminal

You have no fucking clue what you're talking about.

>>130999444
Depends on the intent.

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>>130988172
Fucking great

Fuck cuck oliver and his blatant jew sjw pandering propaganda

Let this kike burn in hell

A defamation lawsuit is not a free speech issue and that is why both coexist in the same law code. Sage all spam.

>>130988172
Defamation is a crime. Like accusing people of being nazis when in fact they're not.

If it wasn't a crime, people would be shutting down businesses left and right with unfounded rumors, like saying McDonalds chicken McNuggets are deep fried pig fetuses.

The only people who are scared of defamation laws are habitual liars trying to trick the public, ie, liberals.

>>130996392
>John Oliver is a big guy. He can fight it in court.
Except that he's nothing compared to the coal industry. If Murray can prove his company lost money because of Olivers hit piece than the man is fucked and might have to either rescind his statements or pay out of his ass in order to cover the losses.

>>130999347
So most leftists then...

>>130988172
I hope he loses everything.

>>130988172
He isn't being sued HBO is being sued

>>130989532

nealiberal = Reagan and Thatcher -> Clintons -> Modern Democrats

Ask yourself what does someone like Clinton actually stand for? Then ask yourself, what does someone like John Oliver stand for?

The answer is both nothing and the same thing.

>>130988172
Good. Chobani already did it to based Alex Jones. This DNC net neutrality shill NEEDS to suffer.

>>130988172
Oh what is that thing that liberals love so much lately to say about freedom of speech? Hmm it's on the tip of my tongue.. oh yes.

Freedom of speech does not mean you have freedom from the consequences of that free speech. :)

>>130988172
i support john oliver getting thrown off a building. the cuck menace must be purged.

>>130989604
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1t8toPJNyE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3kUD6W8QaQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXTwYBWUuZk
BECAUSE REPUBLISHITS ARE NOT FUNNY

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>>130988172
defamation isn't free speech you retard

>>130988172
Slander is not free speech.

I dislike the man intensely, but I don't think any of what he said rose to the level of defamation. We will see how the courts play out on this, but I support freedom of speech, even for kikes and globalists.

>>130988172
you are not free from consequences, faggot.

>>131003958
>Freedom of speech does not mean you have freedom to purposely cause harm to others.Because at that point it's not about your liberty and rights, it's about theirs. People never get this.

Can I get a basic Gesthal?

>>130988172
>Journalist John Oliver
Not Hot Dog.
>implying he's a "journalist"
lol

>>131004299
that is the cringiest thing i've seen today

i'm out

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>>130988172
jesus christ it's a fucking slide show. I'm not going to watch a 10 minute slide show for you OP.

Here's what I'm guessing john olivers piece was about without watching a second of it.

>coal use has been decreasing it's a dying industry.

>muh evil CEO's

>they are trying to hold back muh renewable solar/wind energy.

meanwhile in reality, coal use has gone down because natural gas prices have decreased

solar(especially)/wind requires massive amounts of subsidies to get it somewhat feasible, but it still can't beat natural gas.

it's sad really

>>130994711
70 is more than 0

>>130988172

Just because he initiates a suit doesn't mean he'll win it you dumb faggot

He has the right to sue, Le 2016 man has the right to hire a legal defense for himself. The oil dude probably won't win anyway.

>>131005756
Coal CEO is suing HBO.

>>130989398
IT'S 2017!

>>130988172
Fuck him.
Freedom of speech has consequences.

>>131007900
Slander and defamation also has consequences

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>>130988172
I surely can get behind bankrupting John Oliver.

>>130988172
John Oliver is a shill. He criticizes rich people getting tax cuts yet uses those same tax cuts himself.

http://observer.com/2017/05/john-oliver-property-tax-scam-trump/

>Back in July 2014, in an episode in which he lamented the Wealth Gap in America” (which has resulted in the richest one percent of Americans controlling 20 percent of annual income), Oliver said, “At this point the rich are just running up the score…What sets America apart is that we are actively introducing policies that disproportionately benefit the wealthy,” such as tax cuts and loopholes like trusts.

>So it’s a little surprising to discover that just months before, Oliver had a tax attorney set up two revocable trusts, one for him and one for his wife, to hide the couple’s purchase of a $9.5 million Manhattan penthouse. Then he used a tax loophole created by Donald Trump himself back in the 1970s, when the current president was merely a prominent New York real estate developer and aspiring celebrity author.

>>130988172
This faggot isn't an American citizen so he doesn't get freedom of speech.

>>130988172
>ywn hear that Oliver got sodomized to death by a pack of feral somali nogs
Why live?

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>>130988172
>We need to take a stand for freedom of the press at all costs.
>current year follower tries to kill trump supporter with a bike lock to the head for voicing his free speech
>trump supporters ignore a millionaire celebrity for dragging his jewish handlers into court for voicing his free speech

OMG FREEZE DRIED PEACHES! GET IT?! IT SOUNDS LIKE FREE SPEECH!!!

I don't care if you're bait, go fuck yourself.

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>>131010719
>>130988172
>>130987900
Hollywood has always been full of virtue-signalling shills.

Mark Ruffalo will advocate for a tax on Wall Street and be for the Robin Hood tax.

https://archive.fo/ytmtv

https://archive.fo/0b0Uf

...but not for taxes in any of his projects.

http://www.mlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2011/01/the_avengers_will_shoot_partly.html

>"The Avengers" is going to take advantage of Michigan's film-production tax incentive. But the Marvel Comics supergroup project - which will star Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Don Cheadle as War Machine, Chris Evans as Captain America, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and be directed and written by Joss Whedon - will set up shop mostly in New Mexico.

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>>131011390
It's funny that all you'd have to do to be taken off the air on twin fucking drug dealing HBO, besides saying the word nigger, is asking for the last names of the producer's who's show you're currently on.

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>>131012228
>besides saying the word nigger

Oh, I forgot, (((Maher))) wasn't fired. Silly me!