Melania Trump sues Daily Mail for libel

[michaz]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/01/media/melania-trump-daily-mail-libel-suit/index.html

[onecaliberal]

1. I hope they fight, she will lose

[BlueStater]

2. Hard to know who to side with.

No fan of Mrs. Trump, but the DM is a pretty sleazy, right-wing rag. Just look at all the articles on the right side of the screen and you'll find a lot of headlines objectifying women, mentioning their "side-boobs" and "pert derrieres". And they're also obsessed with the obnoxious, waste-of-everyone's-fucking-time Kardashian/Jenner family.

[MFM008]

6. Funny

They give her and the maggot so much good coverage....

[PJMcK]

3. I'm shocked that a Trump is using the courts!

Please! Get me my smelling salts!

[Doodley]

4. The poor Trumps need to generate an income somehow.

[stopbush]

5. Yawn. The Trumps threaten to sue people the way most people

drive to work.

[smirkymonkey]

11. It's disgusting. They are such trash.

I hope she loses.

[NightWatcher]

7. Who drew the short straw and had to explain to her what libel was?

Ah forget it Melancholy, just sign here

[72DejaVu]

8. They get discovery, right?

Gee, I hope the Trumps don't have any ugly little secrets.

[tammywammy]

9. Wouldn't she be considered a public figure?

[Thinkingabout]

10. So she will produce proof of where they have made false statements.

Now if Trump has libel suits of his slander and libel for the lies he tells everyday he should be busy for the rest of his life.

[LeftyMom]

16. UK libel laws are different, the burden is on the journalist to prove their claims.

"Crooks and brigands from around the world come here to launder their reputations, where they couldn't get exculpation in either their home country or indeed in the United States of America," says Mark Stephens, a London lawyer who often represents media companies in these cases.

In American courts, the burden of proof rests with the person who brings a claim of libel. In British courts, the author or journalist has the burden of proof, and typically loses.

"So you've got the rich and powerful shutting down and chilling speech which is critical of them," says Stephens.

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/03/21/394273902/on-libel-and-the-law-u-s-and-u-k-go-separate-ways

If you want a really good non-jargony explanation, this film is great:

[Eugene]

12. So Melania surfaces.

Is she ever going to do that press conference to clear up her immigration status?

[OnDoutside]

13. I hope the Daily Mail go all the way to trial with this, and she has to take the stand.

[Stinky The Clown]

15. Which Trumplawyer has the case? Boris Epshteyn?