UPDATE: Conservative Group to Sue CNN Over On-Air 'Hitjob'
Tue Dec 2 2007 15:53:11 ET
"Citizens United (CU), and its President David Bossie, have retained counsel to pursue claims against CNN for reporting in a November 28th CNN show called Broken Government -- 'Campaign Killers,' hosted by Campbell Brown, that David Bossie and CU were part of a 'fringe militia.' CU through counsel will seek a formal apology and public retraction of those statements, and for calling Bossie a 'dirty trickster.' If no retraction is forthcoming, CU will then bring legal action to hold CNN accountable for these and other misrepresented facts. These baseless allegations were a disservice to CU and its 500,000 members, CNN and its audience, and to general principles of responsible, fact-based journalism."
Developing...
The Cable Gamer comments: With discovery--that is, both sides fishing around in each other's files, in advance of the lawsuit--this could get messy.
