Kentucky Court Tells Anonymous Covington Students They Can't Sue For Defamation If They're Anonymous

Defamation You all remember the media shit-storm around kids from Covington Catholic High School and a run-in with folks in Washington DC that beca...

September 29, 2022
6:32 AM

Defamation You all remember the media shit-storm around kids from Covington Catholic High School and a run-in with folks in Washington DC that became a sort of Rorshach test demonstrating your political viewpoints based on how you viewed the encounter. The main character from Covington Catholic was Nick Sandmann, who sued a bunch of media orgs over their characterization of the events. While a few publications settled — for what it seems was clearly a tiny 'nuisance fee' — Sandmann lost all of his other cases against the media, because there was no defamation at all.

Mike Masnick