Progressive Twitch streamer Hasan Piker filed a defamation lawsuit against conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings on Tuesday, accusing him of falsely claiming Piker advocated for lynching Blac…
I don’t care about him personally, but the story is about a bad faith news commentator removing the “he said” nesting from a quote to make it sound like he was claiming precisely the viewpoint that he was criticizing. And that shit shouldn’t fly.
Also they’re trying to run that story to smear not only him but also a progressive political candidate currently running a tight race. So yeah we should absolutely be calling it out.
I don’t care about him personally, but the story is about a bad faith news commentator removing the “he said” nesting from a quote to make it sound like he was claiming precisely the viewpoint that he was criticizing. And that shit shouldn’t fly.
Also they’re trying to run that story to smear not only him but also a progressive political candidate currently running a tight race. So yeah we should absolutely be calling it out.