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Blue Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-04-06 09:21 PM
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Judge Dismisses Suit Against John Kerry
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060804/D8J9PV680.html

<SNIP> PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal judge dismissed a filmmaker's defamation lawsuit against Sen. John Kerry, saying remarks linked to Kerry's campaign during the heat of the 2004 presidential race amount to political opinions.

Filmmaker Carlton Sherwood sued Kerry and John Podesta, an aide who ran the Massachusetts Democrat's campaign in Pennsylvania. Sherwood accused them of blocking the release of his documentary about Kerry's anti-Vietnam War activities by labeling Sherwood a "disgraced journalist" and a "Bush hack."

The Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (SBGI) canceled plans to air the documentary "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" on its stations before the November 2004 election.

U.S. District Judge John P. Fullam said he found no evidence that Kerry personally made any of the statements, and furthermore, found that they were protected opinions.


Sorry, Sherwood... nobody's gonna pay for your bullshit propoganda. :eyes:
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dailykoff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-04-06 09:34 PM
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1. Oh, I'm sure he'll find a sugar daddy to drop trou for.
Edited on Fri Aug-04-06 09:35 PM by dailykoff
Karl always needs useful idiots.
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Blue Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-04-06 10:03 PM
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2. How do you think he got the money to make the film in the first place?
:(
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-04-06 10:49 PM
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4. reminds me of the youtube video parody of al gore's documentary n/t
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-04-06 10:44 PM
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