Ep. 2 | Mann Overboard
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Michael Mann’s war on journalism continues as his lawyers demand the court ban journalists from asking him questions. As part of his war, podcast presenters Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney became part of the courtroom drama today. Phelim’s questions to Professor Mann outside the courthouse didn’t please Mann or Mann’s lawyers. But does this justify Mann’s lawyer, John Williams, misrepresenting what happened?
You won’t want to miss Mark Steyn’s eloquent defense of the rights of awkward journalists to ask awkward questions. Will we still be allowed to do our journalism? And what is Bill Nye the Science Guy doing in court?
The verdict is in, and it’s a shocker. We break down the jury’s shocking decision to:
Find Mark Steyn and Rand Simberg liable for defamation
Decide the defendants knew their statements were false
Punish Mark more than Rand for mostly repeating Rand’s words with some context
We have...
Published 02/09/24
And now the end is near…..
Listen to each party give their closing statement in the Free Speech trial of the century. Is Mann’s lawyer’s casual, disjointed summary some kind of jury mind game? Will Victoria Weatherford’s clear, organized, and factual arguments convince them? And will Mark...
Published 02/08/24