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Print this article Gov. Ralph Northam shocked Virginians in 2019 when he withstood calls for his resignation, a move that has paved the way for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to do the same in New York. At the beginning, Northam looked like he was doomed. Early in 2019, he seemingly endorsed late-term abortions on a local radio show, a blunder that snowballed into the unearthing of college yearbook photos featuring him dressed either in blackface or as a klansman. Democrats were outraged. Northam faced ...

Published is private and of no interest to the public, not news worthy, then the publisher can be liebl for it. not criminal liable but civilly liable. that is called false light, a fancy phrase for nobody is interested and you shouldnt have published them. >> any time it comes to a celebrity, people love that stuff. >> if it involves a celebrity you lose. the public is always interested in it and the people that get this stuff are free to publish it. including our brothers and sisters in this b...

He says the postings helped him deal with the situation and he never posed any true threat. the court will have to decide whether a reasonable person would feel threatened even if the man never intended actual violence. the answer is yes. right? >> right. >> wouldnt you? >> yeah. seriously this double standard that we are supposedly grappling with we need to stop grappling with it and start treating what is on websites the same way we treat things that are published in newspapers. and for these ...

Why cant you do it to little billy? >> then the cargo area will be -- here what you do. you drug them. you drug them to the point of -- >> oh -- >> they just, aaargh -- >> i want to get to andy. were missing the point of the story. >> a few kids. we hit it. >> the point of the story, you could be sued for complaining on twitter. that is a big story. >> i dont actually -- i dont understand how the false light thing was allowed to continue. if the defamation charge gets thrown out. youre not defam...

Demons? it freaks me out tht i remember seeing that movie and i -- >> thats the problem with it, too. i was raised catholic. i remember, you watch something scary. your moms like, you dont have to worry about has. i have specific memories going to my mom, like, mom, could that happen to me and her looking at me saying, yes, phil it could. i slept with the light on until i was 20. >> a great point. theres a belief in most christian faiths or whatever that you can open yourself up to be vulnerable...

Why cant you do it to little billy? >> then the cargo area will be -- here what you do. you drug them. you drug them to the point of -- >> oh -- >> they just, aaargh -- >> i want to get to andy. were missing the point of the story. >> a few kids. we hit it. >> the point of the story, you could be sued for complaining on twitter. that is a big story. >> i dont actually -- i dont understand how the false light thing was allowed to continue. if the defamation charge gets thrown out. youre not defam...

In some cases books were sold back to the schools they were initially stolen from. >> so who -- >> that is -- >> the woman whos pictured here we had. its not like the superintendent of schools. do you know? look into it. shes probably superintendent of the schools and makes it look like she stole 7,000 -- 7 -- 7,000 books. that would be called false light. we want to clean that up. >> no, we dont want to do that. >> "usa today," new reports indicate e-cigarette use is on the rice. 1.8 middle and...

Hes doing everything he can to get the settlement. he cant get that reprimand and thats what hes looking for. >> shirley sherrod says shes going to file a lawsuit against andrew breitbart. breitbart is scheduled to appear at a tea party in philadelphia. were interested in what he might have to say out there today. but this lawsuit that is being talked about, is there any potential here that she could bring a strong case against breitbart? >> yeah, i actually like this. its a principled matter. o...

Bart might argue. >> hes going to say shes a public figure and they ought to prove maliciousness finding. >> shes a public figure because shes a government employee? not at the time of the videotaping but currently a public employee that make as public figure? that would be his argument? >> yes, i would say that. >> no, no. no, no. >> avery, go ahead. >> she became a public figure after an dry brightbard put up his. >> shes no more a public figure than ralph crampton driving a bus. its not exact...

That said, she didnt, never gave the womans name. >> yeah. >> i dont even know how this woman has a suit at all since she was never named. >> unless she was tarnished by her company and thats why shes suing. >> what is she suing over? defamation is defamation. what is this false light crap? legalese that sounds like a guy talking through both ends of his mouth after he gets caught cheating. oh, yeah, doesnt matter if i was with her or not. eye painting me in a false light now. focus on that. it ...