Love this! Media has gotten away with reporting a rhetoric, rather than news far too long.

Yeah, I thought that was a stupid answer. Of course they can all say what they want to say - 1st Amendment - but the 1st Amendments does not waive their responsibility for libel. They told false stories without any verification that cause these kids and their families great financial and emotional damage.

Freedom of speech is one thing; libel is another. If they're guilty of it, they should be punished.

I agree. That thing that concerns me is the question "who has the deepest pockets." Given that the kids at Covington are clearly well off, NOBODY has deeper pockets than Bezos. Sometimes, that's all it takes....just a bit deeper pockets and a little more patience.

I hope we see some justice done!

Speedy justice slithers along. May it eventually crawl along to a just outcome. It does sometimes.

I hope he wins against the washinton post, a despicable company

It would do my heart good to see WaPo AND this judge go down in a huge ball of flames.

The judge who dismissed it should be thoroughly looked at. The decision stuck of political favoritism and had me wondering how much he, the judge, was paid or what he was promised. I'd jump for joy to finally start seeing these pricks, judges and politician, prosecuted or tried for treason (politicians). The newspapers MUST be held accountable.

The judge might have expected his ruling to be overturned on appeal, had a Come to Jesus Moment, and flip-flopped.

Discovery on this one could be the camel's nose under the tent flap that leads to all sorts of interesting revelations.

Multiple media sources should be held liable. They endangered the kid who's the face of this incident by reporting that he did something he didn't do.

Here's hoping that discovery forces the judge to re-allow the other 30... That this was summarily dismissed in the first place should never have happened.

“ A Covington Catholic High School student can move forward with his defamation suit against the Washington Post, a federal judge in Kentucky ruled on Monday.

U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman of Kentucky had ruled in July that the student, Nicholas Sandmann, could not sue the Post for defamation. Bertelsman partially reversed that decision on Monday, ruling that of 33 allegedly defamatory statements in the Post’s coverage of Sandmann, three of those statements could be challenged in court.

“The Sandmann family and our legal team are grateful that Judge Bertelsman has allowed the case to proceed,” said Sandmann family attorney Todd McMurtry in an email to the Washington Times. “The Court’s ruling preserves the heart of the Nicholas Sandmann’s claims. We can consider this a huge victory and look forward to initiating discovery against the Washington Post.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/covington-...