Chinese sue CNN for $1.3 billion (yes 1.3 billion us dollars)

[15357]

**** China. They really have been the same bastards since oh, I dunno, like 2000 BC.

 

[Lokizen]

Well, the Chinese lost face because of this, now they want 1.3 billion for a 'face'lift.

 

[99.vikram]

Well, the Chinese lost face because of this, now they want 1.3 billion for a 'face'lift.

The same sum women in the US spend every year on facelifts. Zing!

 

[theotherguy]

China needs to realize that they can only suppress free speech in their own country.

 

[theotherguy]

The lawsuit is justified IMO (although 1.3 billion is an absurd sum). The anchor insulted every Chinese export, and the leadership of the country.

Also, CNN blows.


^How can you defend this guy?

I won't defend him, but I'll defend his right to say whatever the hell he wants to about China or anyone.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Who watches CNN anyway?

 

[Eejit]

China needs to realize that they can only suppress free speech in their own country.

There's a line. Free speech is a fine thing, slander and libel aren't.

 

[theotherguy]

There's a line. Free speech is a fine thing, slander and libel aren't.

Oh please. Slander and libel isn't criticizing a country and government for having shitty quality-control restrictions.

An example of slander and libel:
"That's right folks, John Smith likes to rape small children! Don't buy stuff from John Smith!"

Slander and libel means making up something completely false simply for the purpose of harming the persons reputation.

What the CNN newsanchor said was a valid criticism of the Chinese government.

 

[Eejit]

Calling them goons and thugs, or their produce junk doesn't constitute slander?

And no, defamation does not require a specific motive.

 

[Kadayi]

Please note that when the article and thread title says "China" they mean about 14 lawyers in Beijing. I wish we could all stop anthropomorphizing countries. They are run by people with names.

LIES!!! They are communists, they all think the same (they breed them in Vats), not like us free thinking people in the West, nosirebob, with our unbiased media, upright politicians and universal love and respect for our fellow man. :E

 

[theotherguy]

Calling them goons and thugs, or their produce junk doesn't constitute slander?

And no, defamation does not require a specific motive.

When he refers to goons and thugs, he refers to the Chinese government officials. It's not slander to criticize a government if he has a legitimate reason to. How shitty would it be if your government could sue you because you said something like "this administration is made up of goons and thugs!"

Look, its understandable for private figures, but for celebrities, corporations and governments, you can say practically anything you want.

Dictionary definition of slander:

.a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name.

To be slander, it has to be both malicious and false. This is the same definition the US Supreme Court uses, what the news anchor said was neither malicious nor false. He wasn't spreading nasty rumors about the Chinese government, he was making a valid criticism: that corrupt Chinese bureaucrats overlooked defective goods getting into the export market. The language he used was just to give bite to the criticism.

 

[Raziaar]

Jack Cafferty is awesome by the way.

 

[Dan]

Here is a little example of the CNN bias against China:

 

[nurizeko]

Bah, China hurt its own image, western media just put it on TV.

 

[kupocake]

100 die, but the stones go unmourned? What a world.