Ari Melber just threatened Corey Lewandowski with a defamation suit.

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

[Coexist]

1. knr

[tulipsandroses]

2. What did he say?

I turned down the volume. I like Ari but I can't listen to trump and his minions. What did I miss?

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5. he was letting CL lie about American's wanting Roe overturned and abortion needing to be decided by the states (NOT TRUE

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and CL was deliberately mispronouncing VP Harris' name. So I was not happy. Melber seemed to be getting steamrolled by a fast-talking used car salesman.

THEN...

He set him up with shit he said at his Congressional hearing, and how he admits he lies to the press

"I have no obligation to be honest with the media because they are just as dishonest as anyone else." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/corey-lewandowski-tells-the-truth-gasp-about-lying-to-the-news-media/2019/09/18/e79669f0-da34-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html

So basically - you're back to lie to us some more and why should anyone report on what you say

On edit: I guess you wanted to know about the defamation thing LOL! Well CL was doing the rightwingyellover dance, and said "you said donny didn't have an ear boo-boo". Melber said, "that's not what I said" CL insisted cuz the internets told him. Melber said, Not true and if you repeat that lie, I'll hit you with defamation"

Pretty sweet, if you ask me

[rsdsharp]

21. CD?

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22. Corey Lendowski - I'll fix it to CL not sure why I did that?!

[demmiblue]

3. This is what led up to the heated exchange.

Link to tweet

[tulipsandroses]

8. Thanks for posting

Another deplorable being deplorable.

[demmiblue]

12. Yw!

Funny, I was wondering why no one posted about it, but then realized that I have his name trashed by keyword (so this is probably like the tenth thread about it)!

I have never seen him so pissed off… usually he is as cool as a cucumber (still 100% calmer than I would be!).

[JustAnotherGen]

4. I watched the whole thing

I know people get irritated with his culture references and even having these MAGAs on . . .

But he never lets them roll over him - and when their lies catch up with them (Navarro, the Kennedy guy as examples) he pulls out a shiv of truth and jabs them!

[tulipsandroses]

6. I love ARI, I love his music and culture references. During the DNC Roll Call, I was wondering what he thought about it

LOL. I don't mind it at all. I'm younger than many here but still no spring chicken. I like music, plus have several young nieces and cousins. Gotta keep up with the youngins and what they are into.
I don't mind that he has them on his show. I just can't stand listening trump and his minions. Reflexively, I turn down the volume when I see them anywhere. It's just easier for me to read it than listen to them. Less annoying when I don't hear their actual voice.

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7. I agree but I do like to hear what their attack lines are,

because I'll usually hear that coming out of the olds mouths the next day

[nolabear]

11. I like Ari and his love of music as well.

Hell, I nearly fell off the sofa when Lil John showed up and they did a tiny bit of Get Low in the middle of Turn Up for What. But that’s me. I like Ari having people on that there’s a need to hear from, though Corey’s only purpose is to piss people off. Ca-MA-la my ass. He’s just a hired gun. Oh, sorry. Misspelled “goon”

[dem4decades]

16. Ari had DJ Cassidy on for an extended interview yesterday, you should watch it.

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18. I'm old and love use of music in the political discourse

Ari is sharper than most of them. Sure he has a large ego but so do all the idiots on Fux.
No one sets up ReTHUGs better than Ari.

[Johnnie Mae]

38. Confident

Ari not ego laden, just sure footed and calm with it. I love Ari.

[malaise]

39. He does not let them talk over him

Big Ari fan here

[JustAnotherGen]

32. Me too

I'm dead center gen x . . . he's getting to the point of saying "back in the day".

He's very relatable.

[malaise]

9. The absolute truth

Ari owned him - set him up and then knocked him out.
He does it to them all the time..

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10. yup

[Trueblue1968]

13. Wow wow wow !!!!!! ri is on fire !!!

[Tribetime]

14. Wow I'm sorry I turned it off I apologize to Ari..great job

[JohnSJ]

15. No he didn't. He simply said if you continue to say something I didn't say then you are in behaving like fox news

who lost a defamation suit against them.

[dem4decades]

17. He absolutely threatened Lewindowski with a suit if he continued to mis state what Ari said.

[JohnSJ]

20. I'l listen to it again, but I sure didn't hear Ari in the OPs link threaten that he would file a defamation suit against

lewandowski.

If anything if Ari was going to file a defamation suit it would be against fox, because they are the ones who misrepresented the story.

[malaise]

19. Wrong n/t

[JohnSJ]

24. Here is the exact quote

MELBER: I quoted a New York Times article that said, at the convention, Donald Trump “was his own biggest prop.” It was a New York Times quote about how he–

LEWANDOWSKI: Let me read it to you.

MELBER: –how he had become such an important figure in rebounding from what was a horrific assassination attempt. Fox News–

LEWANDOWSKI: Let me read it to you.

MELBER: Corey, I said I’d address it. I’m gonna finish. Fox News, many viewers may not know about this, but apparently you do, and some do. Fox News, which has been caught in defamation, ran a false piece falsely stating that I said something else that I didn’t say. So, I stand on that. I stand on the New York Times quote.

LEWANDOWSKI: So, you didn’t say, “This bandage was a prop, a spectacle from a candidate who’s obsessed with spectacles.”

MELBER: Uh, Mr. Lewandowski, I did not say that. That is a false quote.

LEWANDOWSKI: I have it right here.

MELBER: What you have is a false quote.

LEWANDOWSKI: You absolutely said it.

MELBER: What you have is a false quote. And if – I’m putting you on notice – if you continue to repeat falsely that I said that, you will be potentially in a defamation situation because I didn’t say that. But I understand that you’re working off the internet, which has a lot of false information.

LEWANDOWSKI: Well, this is what it said. Right here.

MELBER: I wish you luck with that. And Corey Lewandowski, we gave you time.

[CROSSTALK]

MELBER: Thank you for joining me. Cory Lewandowski, Trump 2024. And we will be right back.

If anything he should be threatening fox with a defamation suit, and it is highly unlikely that will happen either.

[malaise]

25. You left out the part where he said Fox News which has been caught in defamation n/t

[JohnSJ]

26. I edited to reproduce the full exchange in that post. Is Ari threatening fox with a defamation suit?

[malaise]

27. Here

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/im-putting-you-on-notice-ari-melber-threatens-trump-adviser-corey-lewandowski-with-defamation-lawsuit-over-false-quote/

[JohnSJ]

28. That is mediaite's headline, not what Ari said. I will repeat, is Ari going to threaten fox with a defamation suit,

because they are the ones who produced the false story.

[malaise]

29. He stated clearly that Fox is in a defamation situation

and warned this moron that he could face the same situation

[JohnSJ]

31. Let's see if he even asks fox for a retraction, yet alone decides to file a defamation suit against them.

[JohnSJ]

37. Regardless, the consensus agrees with you.

[thebigidea]

23. Nah. All he did was give him a platform to spew lies to get more clicks.

Or to put it terms Ari would appreciate:

I'm takin' care of business, like they say
Green is business, they say oh boss screamin' the funny way
Comes all the way in a circle is what I mean
It all starts and finishes with green (right?)

"Green Power," Quasimoto

[choie]

30. Maybe this should teach Melber

not to pander and give time to fucking maga lying bastards. But I doubt it. Anything for ratings.

[Sugarcoated]

33. Cory thinks he's clever

but he comes off as a sillyass

[malaise]

34. Notice that when Ari was cutting him off he was trying to get Ari to apologize

for the made up Fux shit quote that he was reading.

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35. Utter buffoon

All of them. I think they're going down.

[malaise]

36. Agree