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[QUOTE=&quot;Rickideemus, post: 210809, member: 12677&quot;][ATTACH]3218[/ATTACH]On Thursday, May1, Sean Hannity did a 17 minute segment on Fox News Channel titled: &quot;OBAMA'S PAID LIAR.&quot; The alleged liar was White House spokesman Jay Carney. Hannity repeated the allegation countless times -- lie1, lie2, ... lie8 ... smoking gun ... up to his eyeballs. If this is not 100% true, Hannity will be OFF THE AIR within two weeks at the outside.Many people are confused about libel and slander laws in the U.S. It's true that celebrities and public officials are &quot;fair game&quot; for comment to a large me degree. But that game still has rules! A public official who has been defamed can still bring action, and win in court, if (s)he can prove &quot;actual malice&quot; or &quot;reckless disregard for the truth&quot; by a preponderance of the evidence. Proof &quot;beyond a reasonable doubt&quot; is not required -- merely more evidence than not that the defendant acted irresponsibly in the eyes of a jury.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slander">Defamation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>Carol Burnett versus National Enquirer was one famous case where a public celebrity won a defamation suit by proving reckless disregard. Google it. I'll leave it to you to decide whether Hannity was reckless or acted with &quot;malice.&quot; ...[video=youtube_share;wXuRq3gq8Ss]http://youtu.be/wXuRq3gq8Ss[/video]If I were Hannity, and I didn't get slapped with a defamation suit within a week or two, I would be looking over my shoulder and hiring armed guards to peek around every corner.If we don't hear of a suit, or Hannity hasn't been &quot;disappeared&quot; by the end of May, it's proof positive the allegations are true. It would also prove that the entire political machine that put Obama in office is torn and tattered beyond recognition. Because if the allegations are not true, Hannity has committed slander in the most blatant and public possible way.Today, Tuesday May 6, after clips featuring statements from Hillary Clinton, Jay Carney and President Barrack Obama among others, Hannity concluded: &quot;Everything you just heard is nothing but a calculated and fabricated lie ...&quot; He presented this as fact, a.k.a. &quot;news,&quot; not opinion.No way can the Obama administration let this stand.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Rickideemus, post: 210809, member: 12677"][ATTACH=CONFIG]3218[/ATTACH] On Thursday, May1, Sean Hannity did a 17 minute segment on Fox News Channel titled: "OBAMA'S PAID LIAR." The alleged liar was White House spokesman Jay Carney. Hannity repeated the allegation countless times -- lie1, lie2, ... lie8 ... smoking gun ... up to his eyeballs. If this is not 100% true, Hannity will be [B]OFF THE AIR[/B] within two weeks at the outside. Many people are confused about libel and slander laws in the U.S. It's true that celebrities and public officials are "fair game" for comment to a large me degree. But that game still has rules! A public official who has been defamed can still bring action, and [B]win in court[/B], if (s)he can prove "actual malice" or "reckless disregard for the truth" by a preponderance of the evidence. Proof "beyond a reasonable doubt" is not required -- merely more evidence than not that the defendant acted irresponsibly in the eyes of a jury. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slander]Defamation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] Carol Burnett versus National Enquirer was one famous case where a public celebrity won a defamation suit by proving reckless disregard. Google it. I'll leave it to you to decide whether Hannity was reckless or acted with "malice." ... [video=youtube_share;wXuRq3gq8Ss]http://youtu.be/wXuRq3gq8Ss[/video] If I were Hannity, and I didn't get slapped with a defamation suit within a week or two, I would be looking over my shoulder and hiring armed guards to peek around every corner. If we don't hear of a suit, or Hannity hasn't been "disappeared" by the end of May, it's proof positive the allegations are true. It would also prove that the entire political machine that put Obama in office is torn and tattered beyond recognition. Because if the allegations are not true, Hannity has committed slander in the most blatant and public possible way. Today, Tuesday May 6, after clips featuring statements from Hillary Clinton, Jay Carney and President Barrack Obama among others, Hannity concluded: "Everything you just heard is nothing but a calculated and fabricated lie ..." He presented this as fact, a.k.a. "news," not opinion. [B]No way can the Obama administration let this stand.[/B][/QUOTE]

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