Scaife demands documents from Post-Gazette (Divorce)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Attorneys for Tribune-Review publisher Richard M. Scaife have filed court papers demanding the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette return documents related to the divorce of Mr. Scaife and his wife, Margaret Ritchie Battle Scaife.

In response, the Post-Gazette, arguing that no court has the right to force a newspaper to surrender documents lawfully in its possession, has posted those documents on its Web site, with some personal, financial and third-party information removed.

"Mr. Scaife has asked the court to do something unprecedented: stop a newspaper from writing about documents that were publicly available and highly newsworthy," said David M. Shribman, executive editor of the Post-Gazette.

"That effort is newsworthy in and of itself. As we will advise the court, such a prior restraint would be a clear violation of the First Amendment and of press prerogatives and freedoms that all newspapers cherish. In the meantime, we have posted the most significant of those documents on our Web site and will continue to evaluate whether additional postings should be made."


Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07266/819835-85.stm

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After all the crap investigations you did on the Clintons - :nopity: - Dicky Mellon Scaife!

According to the first document I read online Scaife has thrown $244 million of his kid's trust fund in to the black hole of the no profit right-wing local rag he publishes The Tribune Review.

[bluestateguy]

1. Just another spoiled rich kid who never did anything or accomplished anything on his own

nt

[napi21]

2. If ex wifie doesn't care if they're public, I'm sure she has just as good

attorneys as Richie does, and she's quite a feisty lady! I think the newspaper should win this on Fredom of the Press alone, but don't discount the wifey!

[Robbien]

3. OMG!. Scaife is to pay his estranged wife $725,000 per month in preliminary temporary support !

And he makes $3.9 million a month!

And one of the propaganda rags he runs, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, is run at a loss of $20 million to $30 million a year. Ha, his wife wants it listed as a hobby because no way can it be listed as a business since it has never made a dime. It just costs a fortune to run.

[WCGreen]

5. Oh man would that cost the boy tons of cash if the IRS agrees

with the assertion that the newspaper is just a hobby...

[yardwork]

23. But it's an essential component of the right-wing spin machine!

[PittPoliSci]

4. god i hate scaife. n/t

[HuffleClaw]

6. hilarious!

"...Scaife's Tribune-Review joined other organizations in seeking to unseal the estate records of the late Sen. John Heinz during the presidential campaign of Sen. John F. Kerry..."



'nuff said. fuck him.

[aquart]

7. Is Karma a god? I want to burn a little incense.

Please, please, please let SOMEBODY search this man's underwear drawer.

[annabanana]

8. mmm-mmm!

A nice warm bowl of sheudenfreude in the morning...

[Gman]

9. Scaiffe personally financed the Arkansas Project

which would-be Attorney General and former Solicitor General Ted Olsen ran. Scaiffe pumped millions into the Arkansas Project.

The tables turn on him, his personal crap gets put out there, just as he did with Bill, and he screams like a stuck pig.

[Lasher]

27. Wonder if he gave anything to Junior's post-presidency stink tank?

They've got half a billion dollars already and all the donors are hiding in the shadows.

[Maribelle]

10. When's the book coming out?

The book "Ritchie" - - focus on the tell-all. You can do it.

:evilgrin:

[hobbit709]

11. What goes around, comes around

:nopity: :rofl: :nopity::rofl: :nopity::rofl: :nopity::rofl: :nopity::rofl: :nopity: :rofl::nopity: :rofl::nopity::rofl: :nopity: :rofl:

[pattmarty]

12. Quick!!!!!! Call fair & balanced O'Reilley to get him on it.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

13. I looked up online Scaife's Tribune-Review website and now I'm wondering....

Does that newspaper carry any news? I saw no significant news on there at all.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/

[dropkickpa]

17. Nope

It will occasionally run repug skewed pieces masquarading as news, but it's really a piece of shit. I had to threaten legal action to get their telemarketers to stop calling my unlisted, national and PA no call list phone number.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

20. It is indeed a piece of crap trying to pass as a newspaper. nt

[NJCher]

31. News flash

I can't imagine why you wouldn't call this news:

(from the Garden section)

Through an exclusive agreement, retailer Levin Furniture and Better Homes and Gardens are introducing a collection of mix-and-match furniture in three styles -- Cottage View, Classics Today and Modern Outlook. Included in the collections are pieces for bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms and offices.

Hot off the press!



Cher

[east texas lib]

14. Hmmm...

Seems the shoe is now on the other foot and it's a tight fit indeed.
Hope he enjoys his fifteen minutes!

[Botany]

15. and how much did he pay Linda Tripp?

[Laxman]

22. Tell Me

Which one in this picture is Linda Tripp?

[Lasher]

26. Neither. They're both too pretty.

[spotbird]

28. Linda was a volunteer,

she didn't even get a kiss goodnight. The real question is what did he pay Monica?

[Botany]

30. Linda got plastic surgery and was "comped" some real nice vacation time

Monica I am not sure of but the whole thing stunk.

[rosesaylavee]

16. Surprised that there have been no comments on this thread

regarding his wife's (cough cough) middle names. "Richie Battle"

You can't make this stuff up.

:rofl:

[NJCher]

32. That is too much!!

:rofl:

Priceless!!!

OK, I knew there was a word like "scaife" but I couldn't remember what it was. Did a little research. Here's what it means:

skeif /skaɪf, skeɪf/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation
a wheel on which diamonds and other gems are ground or polished.

The word games just get more and more interesting. I think Scaife's going to get his family jewels ground!

Also, I don't think those were made-up middle names. I'll bet it was her maiden name.



Cher

[rosesaylavee]

34. I think they are her real names too...

If this were a script, the director would send it back for a rewrite on a account of the unreal name choices.

[dropkickpa]

18. BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!

I hate that fucker, soak in your own brand of tactics. WTG PG, ya know we love ya!!

[City Lights]

19. Typical double-standard-hypocritical republicon.

Go dick yourself, Dickie.

[mainer]

21. Haha, the ghost of John Kerry is back to bite him.

Serves him right to have his own tactics used against him.

[dorktv]

24. hahaha, his wife's last name was Battle. Hahaha

I find that extremely amusing for some reason.

[Joe Bacon]

25. Oh, if only the Post Gazette could find the stained blue dress...

:rofl:

[TexasLawyer]

29. Dognapping? Derogatory yard signs? Eneormous amounts of money?

and now threats against the first amendment? Sounds like an interesting story to me!

Mr. Scaife's attorneys say the Post-Gazette article describes "at length various highly confidential and personal matters contained in the record, none of which have any news value nor are legitimate subjects of public scrutiny."

But the Post-Gazette countered that the story is newsworthy, given the Scaifes' high profile in the community and the large amounts of money involved, particularly the enormous monthly support payments. The newspaper argues that Mr. and Mrs. Scaife have already put their divorce in the public domain with arrests for trespassing and assault, accusations of dognapping, and derogatory yard signs. {??!!??}

Mr. Scaife's attorneys contend that further dissemination of the information "would not merely serve to embarrass the parties, but could endanger their security." The filing does not specify how the Scaifes would be endangered.

[Paula Sims]

33. It's Karma baby

The longer I live (all 42 years so far) the more and more I see it. I can't wait until Bu$hCo gets theirs. Frankly, it should be instant Karma!