So, if the NYT lawsuit got laughed out of court

[EnergizedLib]

Why can’t CBS/ABC/Disney lawyer up and fight back?

Maybe these licenses should be revoked - not because of what they broadcast, but because they cower and won’t fight back against a bullying regime that uses intimidation tactics and assaults the First Amendment.

[SheltieLover]

1. Kompromat?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. No. Pending merger & acquisition deals. . . . nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. trump used the approval of these mergers to force settlement

[underpants]

2. I read part of the ruling yesterday. The judge basically explained what a lawsuit is to his lawyers

It apparently was a rambling political statement and stating of grievances

[EnergizedLib]

4. Certainly a judge would side with ABC, right?

[underpants]

6. Mmmm

It’s about the affiliates. Nexstar owns 33 ABC affiliates and Sinclair (very conservative) owns 26 of the total ABC affiliates of 250-270. Affiliates carry a lot of weight.

[EnergizedLib]

7. Can't the non-Sinclair affiliates

Inspire ABC to sue?

[underpants]

8. How do they sell ad time if 18% of the stations don't carry it?

It sucks.

[EnergizedLib]

9. So, what are you saying?

I legitimately don’t understand and am looking for clarification.

Because Sinclair owns ABC affiliates, ABC can’t lawyer up against government intimidation?

[underpants]

11. No no no. I meant that if it's not in the air, there's no money

[Attilatheblond]

3. It's not just licenses being threatened by the Trump mob, it's business decisions re mergers

Trump mop extorting corporations to do an end run around the First Amendment limits on POTUS. If he/his mob can strong arm corporations into limiting speech of their 'employees' Trump is a happy camper cuz it's not the state doing the silencing.

Now, if some of the threatened business would grow spines and stand up to being Trump's proxy, that would be refreshing.

[Greg_In_SF]

10. The NYT case

wasn't completely thrown out of court. The judge just said they have 28 days to amend the complaint.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. This piece of crap lawsuit did not even plead actual malice correctly

I love the fact that trump did not plead actual malice but this strange concept of "actual malice ... in the colloquial sense"

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