Washington Times settles lawsuit with Seth Rich's brother, retracts conspiracy editorial
Source: The Hill
BY JOE CONCHA - 10/01/18 08:30 AM EDT
The Washington Times on Sunday issued a retraction and apology as part of a settlement over a story that included the brother of former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, whose murder in 2016 fueled political conspiracy theories.
Aaron Rich sued the right-leaning publication in March after it published an editorial that implied he and his brother had sent emails from Democratic National Committee servers and provided them to Wikileaks for cash.
The op-ed was titled More cover-up questions: The curious murder of Seth Rich poses questions that just wont stay under the official rug" and was written by retired Admiral James Lyons.
"The Column included statements about Aaron Rich, the brother of former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, that we now believe to be false," the Times writes in the retraction.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/409200-washington-times-settles-lawsuit-with-seth-richs-brother-retracts-conspiracy
hatrack
(59,587 posts).
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Glad to see W.T. get some comeuppance
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)I was not objecting to this thread. I am glad to see that Moonie Times settled with the Rich family. The RWNJ media attacks on the Seth Rich family have been disgusting
Partisanship often goes - too far.
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)The moonie times is not a credible source and the moonie times hurt the Rich family
still_one
(92,190 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)rag, doesn't it?
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)I am glad to see that the moonie times settled with the Rich family. I just do not think that the moonie times is a credible news source. It would also be late breaking news each time that Alex Jones loses a court ruling.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Their coverage of the Rich story helped the anti-Hillary crowd defeat her. This is the Hill reporting on the Times' loss, not the Times itself. Articles from the Times are not considered as being sourced from a reputable mainstream media news site and cannot be posted in the LBN Forum...and this article from the Hill underscores the reasoning of that SOP policy
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)Gothmog
(145,242 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)turbinetree
(24,701 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)stop taking their BS. Time to do it to Fox News.
BumRushDaShow
(128,983 posts)(or at least made to pay up and retract)
The Washington Times had always been the poster child of something I have posted about here on DU a number of times - RW loons (in this case, the original founder/owner Sun Myung Moon and his business entities) willing to publish their bullshit RW stories for years and years at a loss to help saturate the media with their propaganda - all since 1982. As we see today, this relentless push has now truly born fruit.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)I bet they won't.