Weaponizing defamation lawsuits is their new strategy against critics. They got ABC to settle for a fortune, even though Stephanopoulos was factually correct. Im sure the lawyers told George not to take it personally, its only business. Except now they can claim George lied, and Disney admitted it by paying.
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RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
It doesn’t. They’re trying to get a big chunk of money out of Oliver to make the studio shut him up.
It’s not about Olver being wrong. It’s about controlling the bounds of acceptable language. People like Oliver make the zeitgeist a little to comfortable in calling out their supposed ““betters””
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 week ago
PostaL@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s their first encounter with John Oliver? Others have tried and failed miserably.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Oliver has very beefy litigation insurance. He had to up it after the Eat Shit Bob guy sued him.
Oliver won that case.
All of his stories are researched and vetted through legal before they air. The only thing the insurance company is trying to do is chill public comment. They’ll lose the court case but will cost them. We’re just lucky that Oliver has the resources to mount a defense.