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They managed to one-up CNN, which has still not apologized or even issued a retraction for telling their viewers that it was ILLEGAL for them to read Wikileaks
by marcoperaza 10y ago
They managed to one-up CNN, which has still not apologized or even issued a retraction for telling their viewers that it was ILLEGAL for them to read Wikileaks and that they had to rely on the professional journalists at CNN to tell them what was in it. It's made even worse by the fact that CNN barely covered the most damning contents of the leaked emails. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DcATG9Qy_A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DcATG9Qy_A
There is Supreme Court precedent establishing that viewing and distributing already leaked information, even illegally recorded personal phone calls, is protected by the First Amendment (Bartnicki v. Vopper is the most recent).
- 3131s 10y agoAnd Chris Cuomo, the one making that claim, has a law degree and multiple politicians in the family. So he was almost definitely lying, rather than just unintentionally spreading misinformation.