MSNBC Responds to Rachel Maddow Lawsuit: 'This suit is baseless and we stand by our reporting'

[meegbear]

MSNBC and one of its primetime hosts, Rachel Maddow, are named as defendants in a $50 million lawsuit alleging that comments made by Maddow on her program were defamatory.

Rocker-turned minister Bradlee Dean and his ministry are the plaintiffs, essentially claiming that Maddow paraphrased Dean in such a way as to turn a benign statement he made into a defamatory one.

You can read the lawsuit in question, as well as allegedly defamatory comments, here.

MSNBC responded with a strong statement, saying “This suit is baseless and we stand by our reporting.”

The suit is the second suit filed by a prominent conservative against a mainstream media outlet in the last few months. In June, Where’s the Birth Certificate? author Jerome Corsi sued Esquire magazine for $120 million for running a satirical item on his book.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc-responds-to-rachel-maddow-lawsuit-this-suit-is-baseless-and-we-stand-by-our-reporting_b78354

Link to the lawsuit story.

[Doctor_J]

1. Are these those "nuisance lawsuits" the wing nuts are also bitching

about? Do they have to hire "those damn trial lawyers" to file and pursue.

It's hard to describe what a cancer Republicans are on this country.

[VeryConfused]

2. "paraphrased Dean in such a way as to turn a benign statement he made into a defamatory one"

Why are the Republicans and FAUX news not being sued everyday?