Michael Moore prevails in suit brought by veteran

[marmar]

from the Traverse City Record-Eagle, via MichaelMoore.com:



March 28th, 2008 1:40 pm
Moore prevails in suit brought by veteran


Record-Eagle

TRAVERSE CITY -- The decision is exactly what Michael Moore expected.

The filmmaker and part-time northern Michigan resident has never lost a lawsuit, he said, and a recent unanimous federal appeals court ruling that he did not defame an Iraq war veteran featured in his documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" came as no surprise.

"The only thing about it that might be surprising is it was a decision by three Republican-appointed judges ... and they sided with me," Moore said Thursday. "After 17 years of people disagreeing with me politically and suing me they should get the message. If it is in a film of mine, it is true."

The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a federal judge was correct to throw out Sgt. Peter Damon's lawsuit against Moore, who used a clip from a television interview without Damon's permission.

The National Guardsman from Middleborough, Mass., alleged he was humiliated and emotionally distressed due to his appearance in Moore's scathing 2004 documentary that criticized the Bush administration and the war in Iraq.

But an appeals court judge said while she can understand Damon's anger, the clip could not reasonably be construed as defamatory. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=11202

[navarth]

1. is that one of the troops I'm supposed to support?

what a horse shit lawsuit. the poor little waif was emotionally distressed by his appearance in the movie. as I remember, he was one of the recruiters trying to sucker poor black youth in Flint into joining the armed forces. am I wrong about that? so what the hell was humiliating about that? he came across as an ok guy in the movie, I thought. now I think he's a clown.

maybe we should ask, who got to him and manipulated him into pushing the lawsuit? Richard Mellon Scaife perhaps.

score another for Mike. put that English D hat back on your head, Mike!

k & r

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. And here are more troops wanting your support

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3078657&mesg_id=3078657

[navarth]

8. wow.

well, troops are like anybody else, of course. most of them are regular people and these types are.....assholes.

funny how they have all the money for that nice bus.

[rocktivity]

2. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

And that's what he gets for not making NBC News the primary defendant because they're the ones who gave the footage to Michael without his knowledge or consent. Remember when we busted him and right-wing backers?

:woohoo:
rocknation

[marmar]

3. Thanks for the link, rocknation.....I'd forgotten about that!

:yourock:

[navarth]

9. double wow

there it is!!

[Jensen]

4. K&R! MM a true patriot!

:kick:

[Jensen]

5. K&R! MM a true patriot!

:kick:

[Pastiche423]

7. K&R

[spooky3]

10. Reminds me of Kitty Kelley vs. the Bush family

She said she had never been sued successfully either, so they can whine all they want, but it's not defamatory if it's the truth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Kelley

I hope Damon had to pay a pretty penny out of his own pocket for the lawyers, but he probably had plenty of help from Republican friends.