From: Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net>
>CNN reaching new highs as they continues to take the high ground, body slams 15yo kid: >CNN’s Chris Cuomo broke the law with this tweet, bullying a 15 year old kid >http://theduran.com/cnns-chris-cuomo-broke-the-law-with-this-tweet-threatening-15-year-old-kid/ This article contains the seemingly-limiting claim, "Cuomo produces his show in New York so Georgia laws do not apply to him." Actually, that's not necessarily true. The famous libel case, New York Times v. Sullivan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan involved a libel lawsuit within Alabama, against the New York Times newspaper, a few copies of which were distributed within the local area. That was sufficient nexus to allow that suit. (see "Personal Jurisdiction, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_jurisdiction The problem, of course, that at trial, the New York Times would likely have been facing a jury of not-particularly-sympathetic locals, who could award huge damages against them. The Supreme Court 'split the baby' by creating a new standard for libel against 'public figures', requiring that there be 'malice' ("absense of malice") if the defendant was a 'public figure'. Curiously, their apparent definition of 'malice' did not comport with any then-current legal definition. The SC was simply pulling a legal rabbit out of a hat. In the current CNN and Cuomo case, their show is obviously broadcast (by cable) within Georgia, so there is no reason to believe that could not be haled into court on a charge of extortion in Georgia. Jim Bell
