Snyder writes open letter to Washington Post regarding City Paper lawsuit
 

in the spirit of mattys new thread thread this morning


dan snyder wrote an open letter to the post giving his reasoning why he is going forward with suing the city paper...

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-i-am-suing-washington-city-paper/2011/04/25/AFYQC1kE_story.html]Why I am suing Washington City Paper - The Washington Post[/url]

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damn it, can someone please fix the title, thanks

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I should have specified the importance of quality thread titles too. These threads get sent out via Facebook and Twitter, so let's remember when you're creating content for the site, let's dot our I's and cross our T's.

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Punctuation too? Geez crackin the whip around here.

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I can repsect that coming from Snyder. Enough is Enough. Im just glad he realized that statement himself and fired Vinny when he did and step back from helping run this organization into the ground after 10 years.

Have no problem with the lawsuit and think/hopes he wins.

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As I said in the other thread it's good to hear his side, and let's be honest that City Paper article was not 100% factual so he does have valid points.

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[quote=Mattyk;795460]As I said in the other thread it's good to hear his side, and let's be honest that City Paper article was not 100% factual so he does have valid points.[/quote]



Such as? I keep hearing about how this isn't 100% factual, and have YET to hear or see one thing from anybody to refute otherwise. (including Dan Snyder)

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[quote=NC_Skins;795467]Such as? I keep hearing about how this isn't 100% factual, and have YET to hear or see one thing from anybody to refute otherwise. (including Dan Snyder)[/quote]

See here about how the article is not factual:
[url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/26/dan-snyder-defends-lawsuit-i-am-not-thin-skinned/]Dan Snyder defends lawsuit: “I am not thin-skinned” | ProFootballTalk[/url]

I understand Snyder's not wanting to be called a forger. I understand his point about how a simple apology would do. These are points on Snyder's side.

I still think he is being a bit thin-skinned about this - he still could have let the whole thing go - but his position is somewhat understandable.

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What a dumb fck. If I am WaPo I wouldn't publish his stupid letter on the count of his asinine actions towards them.

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[quote=Lotus;795470]See here about how the article is not factual:
[url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/26/dan-snyder-defends-lawsuit-i-am-not-thin-skinned/]Dan Snyder defends lawsuit: “I am not thin-skinned” | ProFootballTalk[/url]

I understand Snyder's not wanting to be called a forger. I understand his point about how a simple apology would do. These are points on Snyder's side.

I still think he is being a bit thin-skinned about this - he still could have let the whole thing go - but his position is somewhat understandable.[/quote]

We aren't debating about fact, we are debating context. I think the sentence [quote]That’s the Dan Snyder who got caught forging names as a telemarketer with Snyder Communications[/quote]

This isn't meant to be taken literally that Dan Snyder is the guy actually forging names. It's meant to be taken that Dan Snyder was in charge of a company that was found guilty of forging names, and had to know the practices were going on.

McKenna even mentions as much later on in the article.

[quote]Slamming: The illegal practice of switching a customer’s telephone service without authorization. Florida authorities fined Snyder’s pre-Redskins outfit, Snyder Communications, $3.1 million in 2001 after investigators uncovered more slamming in its offices than you’d find stagefront at a Limp Bizkit show.[/quote]

Context is everything. As noted by the Jerry Falwell vs Hustler case.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell]Hustler Magazine v. Falwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]

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Context is open for interpretation, that's the problem.

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[quote=mlmdub130;795446]in the spirit of mattys new thread thread this morning


dan snyder wrote an open letter to the post giving his reasoning why he is going forward with suing the city paper...

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-i-am-suing-washington-city-paper/2011/04/25/AFYQC1kE_story.html]Why I am suing Washington City Paper - The Washington Post[/url][/quote]

Upon reading this article late last night I added the link and quote to an already existing thread that could be considered recent. Since the subject matter detailed basically what we already know, the need for a new thread escaped me. What we didn't know was that the lawsuit was refiled in the Washington courts.

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[quote=Lotus;795470]I still think he is being a bit thin-skinned about this - he still could have let the whole thing go - but his position is somewhat understandable.[/quote]

One more thing. I think the biggest irony in all this is he's claiming they are lying and has done exactly the same thing he's accusing them of.

[url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/legaldefense/pages/openletter]Dan Snyder Lawsuit - Update from the Publisher - Washington City Paper[/url]
[quote]Snyder’s litigators, and ours, are about to spend significant time and money battling over a series of legal complaints that, in our view, don’t represent what our story actually said or implied. The story didn’t actually say the things Snyder has claimed it does—like call him a criminal, or a user of illegal military chemicals, or mock his wife’s battle against breast cancer. It did none of those things.[/quote]


Snyder has outright lied about what the story said, and I've heard this with my own ears on the Lavar and Dukes show. He claimed they were mocking his wife's battle against breast cancer, but the TV interview the article talked about had to do with Play 60. Nothing cancer related, but yet this asshole had the nerve to play the "cancer card" to gain sympathy. Guy is a first class asshat, and that'll never change. Then he had the audacity to throw his PR guy under the bus and claim it was all his idea. If it was indeed his idea, then this guy is clueless about the PR industry.

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[quote=NC_Skins;795474]We aren't debating about fact, we are debating context. I think the sentence

This isn't meant to be taken literally that Dan Snyder is the guy actually forging names. It's meant to be taken that Dan Snyder was in charge of a company that was found guilty of forging names, and had to know the practices were going on.

McKenna even mentions as much later on in the article.



Context is everything. As noted by the Jerry Falwell vs Hustler case.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell]Hustler Magazine v. Falwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url][/quote]

You missed the point about context. The line read:
That’s the Dan Snyder who got caught forging names as a telemarketer with Snyder Communications

That is different from a more factually correct claim:
That’s the Dan Snyder whose company got caught forging names

Notice that if I say:
Obama leads a country which has dog fighting

it is different than if I say:
Obama fights dogs in his country

Yes, context is everything, and on this point the newspaper is in the wrong because of poor wording.

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No hiding it here, I am a Snyder supporter. Hope he wins the suit. Sometimes you have to use your power to lay the smack down.

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[quote=Lotus;795479]You missed the point about context. The line read:
That’s the Dan Snyder who got caught forging names as a telemarketer with Snyder Communications

That is different from a more factually correct claim:
That’s the Dan Snyder whose company got caught forging names

Notice that if I say:
Obama leads a country which has dog fighting

it is different than if I say:
Obama fights dogs in his country

Yes, context is everything, and on this point the newspaper is in the wrong because of poor wording.[/quote]

But you have to be able to prove that the context was meant to be malicious, and Dan isn't going to be able to do that. The article was a parody on Dan Snyder's business life and the many stupid things he's done. It wasn't meant to be serious, nor was it's objective to call him a criminal.

Not sure if you scanned it, but check out what the Supreme Court had to say about these types of parodies and articles.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell]Hustler Magazine v. Falwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]

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He probably has a point but I just don't care. I look forward to the day when the Redskins are no longer a soap opera...

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[quote=Son Of Man;795480]Sometimes you have to use your power to lay the smack down.[/quote]


You mean like how he tried to change one town's policy so that the local owners couldn't make money?

[url=http://www.slate.com/id/2252716/]Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder's amusing failure at Six Flags. - By Dave McKenna - Slate Magazine[/url]
[quote]In 2007, Snyder sent Shapiro, his handpicked CEO, to lobby the Agawam mayor and the town council into banning visitors from parking at the non-Six Flags-owned lots. Shapiro testified at a public hearing that it was unsafe for pedestrians to walk to Six Flags from anywhere but its own lots. The local politicians banned the satellite lots after Shapiro's appearance.

The stadium ban was tossed out in 2004 when a Prince George's County, Md., judge ruled that Redskins management had invented the safety issue to force ticketholders to pay Snyder's tops-in-the-league parking fees. When Palazzi pointed out that there hadn't been a single safety problem related to the satellite lots in Agawam, the town council quickly repealed the ban by unanimous vote. Palazzi then went on to manage the political campaign of substitute teacher Susan Dawson, who used the Six Flags parking issue to unseat four-term incumbent Agawam Mayor Richard Cohen in November 2007. "We fought a multibillion-dollar corporation and the corruption in this town, and we won," Palazzi said after the election. "Good triumphed."[/quote]


You'd figure the American people would be sick and tired of corporate assholes influencing and corrupting our government to make them even richer. I guess not. At least one small town learned and removed the assholes and policies that allowed him.

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[quote=celts32;795486]He probably has a point but I just don't care. I look forward to the day when the Redskins are no longer a soap opera...[/quote]

Well this is all about Dan Snyder and not the Redskins in my opinion. I guess this matters to Redskins fans because he is the owner of the team, but honestly I don't see how any of this has to do with the Redskins as a football team.

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[quote=celts32;795486]He probably has a point but I just don't care. I look forward to the day when the Redskins are no longer a soap opera...[/quote]

I thought that would end with the arrival of Shanny and Bruce, but the way Fat Albert and McNabb situations were handled last year, Im still waiting.

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[quote=Chico23231;795498]I thought that would end with the arrival of Shanny and Bruce, but the way Fat Albert and McNabb situations were handled last year, Im still waiting.[/quote]

Ditto. Although you may have to wait a little longer, since all signs point at Haynesworth staying with the team.

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[quote=Ruhskins;795495]Well this is all about Dan Snyder and not the Redskins in my opinion. I guess this matters to Redskins fans because he is the owner of the team, but honestly I don't see how any of this has to do with the Redskins as a football team.[/quote]

I think it is very hard to separate the two. Snyder's ownership of the Redskins is what makes him newsworthy to begin with, and it his stewardship of the team that was the biggest target in the City Paper article that he got so upset about. Snyder himself references his ownership of the team several times in his Wash. Post piece. And given that he has developed a fair amount of notoriety in the general sports world, stories like this end up getting publicity not just from Redskins fans and local news outlets, but bigger ones as well--ESPN's website is where I first saw mention of the lawsuit's original filing.

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This is a no win situation for him or the team. He is in too deep now and has to take this lawsuit all the way.

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[quote=Lotus;795479]You missed the point about context. The line read:
That’s the Dan Snyder who got caught forging names as a telemarketer with Snyder Communications

That is different from a more factually correct claim:
That’s the Dan Snyder whose company got caught forging names

Notice that if I say:
Obama leads a country which has dog fighting

it is different than if I say:
Obama fights dogs in his country

Yes, context is everything, and on this point the newspaper is in the wrong because of poor wording.[/quote]

WELL PLAYED.... i do think Synder is thin skinned but can't really blame him for making the point. I hope he wins for the Homeless!....lol

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[quote=NC_Skins;795485]But you have to be able to prove that the context was meant to be malicious, and Dan isn't going to be able to do that. The article was a parody on Dan Snyder's business life and the many stupid things he's done. It wasn't meant to be serious, nor was it's objective to call him a criminal.

Not sure if you scanned it, but check out what the Supreme Court had to say about these types of parodies and articles.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell]Hustler Magazine v. Falwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url][/quote]

I am quite aware of the issue regarding maliciousness and parodies. But the article did not strike me as a parody and it definitely was not a parody when it accused Snyder of forgery. The forgery claim is an issue of factual correctness.

I am not a fan of Snyder, as my many critical comments on this site show. But I am not willing to be unreasonable. You seem to be driven by irrational, unthinking hatred. Good luck with that.

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[quote=Lotus;795527]I am quite aware of the issue regarding maliciousness and parodies. But the article did not strike me as a parody and it definitely was not a parody when it accused Snyder of forgery. The forgery claim is an issue of factual correctness.[/quote]

There again, context is the issue here. I take it one way, you take it another. Any article that starts off with a person's picture with scribble horns and mustache, I'm not going to take as a serious piece to begin with.

[quote=Lotus;795527]I am not a fan of Snyder, as my many critical comments on this site show. But I am not willing to be unreasonable. You seem to be driven by irrational, unthinking hatred. Good luck with that.[/quote]

Exactly what have I said that makes you think I'm irrational? If anything, I've done everything to prove my stance and not just conjure up some make believe stuff that I heard from a friend. I've said this time and time again. I judge Dan Snyder on what he's done, not on things he hasn't done or things I perceive he's done. Your statement about me being driven on irrational and unthinking hatred is false, libel, and malicious. You'll be hearing from my lawyers soon. :P

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Two points:


1. The court will decide if there are factual errors in the City Paper article. Snyder will assert that there are; the City Paper will assert that there not. If each side continues to repeat its position, no new light is shed on the matter. My guess: There are some factual errors and there are some factual truths in the article.


2. Since Daniel Snyder is clearly a public figure - - in the legal definition of that term - - it is insufficient for him to prove that there are factual errors in the article. Because he is a public figure, he must also convince a court that the author and publisher knew they were inaccurate and published them anyway with the intent of harming Daniel Snyder specifically. Once again, the court will make that decision. My guess: I don't think it will be easy to convince the court that there was a malicious intent prior to publication


Note, both paragraphs above end with "My guess:" - - and the emphasis is on the word "guess". I suspect we will hear about this case as it moves forward another half-dozen times before a judge rules on it.

Personally, I have heard enough about it already. Time to ignore this until the judge bangs his/her gavel and reveals the final answer...

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[quote=sportscurmudgeon;795530]Personally, I have heard enough about it already. Time to ignore this until the judge bangs his/her gavel and reveals the final answer...[/quote]


We can end this thread with this.

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I lived in the DC area for 36 years and I was fully aware the City Paper frequently wrote tongue in cheek comical pieces. The City Paper has prostitution advertising in the back disguised as a massage services and strip joints advertise in it. Mr Snyder also grew up in the DC area and knows this. It was 100% clear to me this was a spoof piece. Not to be taken literally.

I am curious, is Mr. Snyder trying to imply he has zero responsibility at all in the forgery matter? It kind of sounds like it to me. Sorry Mr.s Snyder, as owner you do bare some responsibility.
Mr.Snyder would be well served to learn the art of not taking oneself too seriously. Learn to laugh at these things instead. I really doubt he can prove in court that he lost revenue due to a tarnished business reputation. I can hear him now, "yes your honor, due to this story coming out my empire is now only worth 1.5 billion instead of 2 billion. The City Paper story is at fault."

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Spoof implies a parody or satire, not sure I'd classify that article as any sort of spoof.

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Any time a term is used in law, the COLLOQUIAL definition of the term must be thrown out the window.

In the case of malice, the definition is:

The intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another.

Read more: [url=http://www.answers.com/topic/malice#ixzz1KfLisIOd]malice: West's Encyclopedia of American Law (Full Article) from Answers.com[/url]


On a separate note, Snyder indeed bullshitted with the cancer card big time. Did he even read the article? The "accusation" in the article is that she was basically was a shill playing "personal transformation" card, as if he pulled a St. Paul-like transformation for making a mere HIRING decision.

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[url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/capital-games/Reaction_to_Dan_Snyder_s_Op-Ed_Washington_DC-120701739.html]Reaction to Dan Snyder's Op-Ed | NBC Washington[/url]

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So tired of Dan Snyder. I just wish he'd go away and sell the team.

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Tony Kornheiser not known for being critical of Snyder has finally weighed in on this particular situation. [Q] “It seems to me spiteful and vengeful, because it’s not gonna accomplish the goal. I don’t see the principle here, other than the principle of bullying, and I think it’s a shame for the team. I think it’s a shame that a steward of a team that -- while he owns the team, the city feels it has a stake in it -- that it’s getting involved in a suit like this.” [U]

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/tony-kornheiser-finally-weighs-in-on-the-dan-snyder-city-paper-lawsuit/2011/04/26/AFpDkQrE_blog.html]Tony Kornheiser finally weighs in on the Dan Snyder City Paper lawsuit - DC Sports Bog - The Washington Post[/url]

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[COLOR=black]Dan Snyder wrote an [/COLOR][URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-i-am-suing-washington-city-paper/2011/04/25/AFYQC1kE_story.html"][B][COLOR=black]op-ed[/COLOR][/B][/URL][COLOR=black] for his most favoritest paper in town, the Washington Post. It’s a fun update on his lawsuit against Washington City Paper, the local alt-weekly that nobody paid attention to until three months ago. It’s dumb.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][/COLOR]
[B][COLOR=black]I expect to be criticized once again for pursuing this lawsuit. I originally filed it for one reason:[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black][image of below average male genitalia][/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]The paper refused to issue an apology and retract false and damaging attacks on my integrity. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Oh come on, that’s satire. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]If it had done so, there would have been no lawsuit. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Okay, I’m sorry. Just don’t tell Jarret and Brian. Talib mentioned them on Gutter Rainbows. That’s crazy! [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]For more than eight months, the same writer at this tabloid blogged or wrote about me. [/COLOR][/B]
[I][COLOR=black]Are you not impressed with my newsworthiness?[/COLOR][/I]

[B][COLOR=black]The reporters of The Post and other papers know that my communications adviser, Tony Wyllie, is available 24-7 to respond to questions about me and the Washington Redskins. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]So enamored with Vinny Cerrato was Snyder that he replaced his former sidekick with two men, Wyllie and GM Bruce Allen. Wyllie appears to be the right-hand man and future reluctant radio show host, while Allen is the franchise’s mouthpiece and eventual fall-guy.[/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]This writer, however, chose not to call to check the facts before he wrote an article last November that contained so many false assertions. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Of which Snyder rebuts exactly one. Sort of. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I am the son of a University of Missouri School of Journalism graduate whose professional pedigree includes working at United Press International and National Geographic. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Journalism courses through his veins. His plasma is rich in both platelets and integrity. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I am not thin-skinned about personal criticism.[/COLOR][/B]

[COLOR=black][/COLOR][URL="http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/doubletake1.gif"][COLOR=black][IMG]http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/doubletake1.gif[/IMG][/COLOR][/URL] [COLOR=black][/COLOR]
[B][COLOR=black]I consider myself very fortunate to own the Redskins.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]@[/COLOR][URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/20/AR2009102003616.html"][B][COLOR=black]JohnKentCooke[/COLOR][/B][/URL]
[B][COLOR=black]I have never sued people who publish critical opinions of me, nor have I previously sued any news organization. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]If you can’t sue ‘em, [/COLOR][URL="http://www.espn980.com/"][B][COLOR=black]buy ‘em[/COLOR][/B][/URL][COLOR=black]. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I understand the anger people feel toward me when the Redskins have a losing season or when we sign a veteran player who does not meet expectations.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Or when we forbid you to bring signs in to the hellscape that is our stadium. Or when we go in to the draft with holes at all but two positions without third or fourth round draft picks. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]Seriously, how does this keep happening? People are starting to ask questions.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][/COLOR][URL="http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/draft-picks1.png"][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=black][/COLOR]
[COLOR=black][/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]1. Not enough.
2. Who cares? Most of the good players are staying in school because you’re a selfish asshole, Harrison Barnes.
3. So many.[/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I have been a Redskins fan all my life, and I get angry, too, including at myself.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]He has the scars on his inner thigh to show for it. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I am the first to admit that I’ve made mistakes as an owner.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Technically speaking you’re more like #2,498,074. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I hope I’ve learned from them. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]And yet, this lawsuit.[/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]All I want is for the Redskins to win![/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Snyder’s exclamation marks are like creepy smiles. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I honor vigorous free expression in the media.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Pre-approved free expression, preferably. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]But even a public figure can sue for defamation when a tabloid paper publishes a harmful assertion of a fact, not an opinion, that it knows to be false or recklessly disregards the truth. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]I hope Dan Snyder’s lawyer’s dad went to a really good law school, because proving what Dave McKenna knew to be false is going to be a tough mother****er. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=black][...nonsense that will be bandied about in court][/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]Let’s be clear what this lawsuit is not about.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]The high road.[/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]It is not about money.[/COLOR][/B]
[I][COLOR=black]/rubs [/COLOR][URL="http://mmmsimpsons.tumblr.com/post/4708282403/from-the-pta-disbands"][B][COLOR=black]thumb on forefinger[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/I]

[B][COLOR=black]I have already publicly committed to donate any financial damages I win to help the homeless.[/COLOR][/B]
[I][COLOR=black]Free Johnny Rockets for all of you! You’re already loitering outside, you may as well come in and make us look busy[/COLOR][/I]

[url=http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2011/04/why-i-am-fjming-dan-snyder.html]Why I Am FJMing Dan Snyder | Kissing Suzy Kolber[/url]

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[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20110426/en_atlantic/everyonewoulddansnydergoawaynow37048?bouchon=511,dc]Everyone Would Like Dan Snyder to Go Away Now - Yahoo! News[/url]

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I don't know what is more annoying, Dan Snyder, or the people that cry about him all the time. I think it is about even.

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[quote=Ruhskins;795841]I don't know what is more annoying, Dan Snyder, or the people that cry about him all the time. I think it is about even.[/quote]

So true.

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As long as he continues to make news people are going to continue to talk about him. Just like we do what we do, he does what he does.....make news

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[quote=mlmpetert;795808][COLOR=black]Dan Snyder wrote an [/COLOR][URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-i-am-suing-washington-city-paper/2011/04/25/AFYQC1kE_story.html"][B][COLOR=black]op-ed[/COLOR][/B][/URL][COLOR=black] for his most favoritest paper in town, the Washington Post. It’s a fun update on his lawsuit against Washington City Paper, the local alt-weekly that nobody paid attention to until three months ago. It’s dumb.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][/COLOR]
[B][COLOR=black]I expect to be criticized once again for pursuing this lawsuit. I originally filed it for one reason:[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black][image of below average male genitalia][/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]The paper refused to issue an apology and retract false and damaging attacks on my integrity. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Oh come on, that’s satire. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]If it had done so, there would have been no lawsuit. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Okay, I’m sorry. Just don’t tell Jarret and Brian. Talib mentioned them on Gutter Rainbows. That’s crazy! [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]For more than eight months, the same writer at this tabloid blogged or wrote about me. [/COLOR][/B]
[I][COLOR=black]Are you not impressed with my newsworthiness?[/COLOR][/I]

[B][COLOR=black]The reporters of The Post and other papers know that my communications adviser, Tony Wyllie, is available 24-7 to respond to questions about me and the Washington Redskins. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]So enamored with Vinny Cerrato was Snyder that he replaced his former sidekick with two men, Wyllie and GM Bruce Allen. Wyllie appears to be the right-hand man and future reluctant radio show host, while Allen is the franchise’s mouthpiece and eventual fall-guy.[/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]This writer, however, chose not to call to check the facts before he wrote an article last November that contained so many false assertions. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Of which Snyder rebuts exactly one. Sort of. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I am the son of a University of Missouri School of Journalism graduate whose professional pedigree includes working at United Press International and National Geographic. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Journalism courses through his veins. His plasma is rich in both platelets and integrity. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I am not thin-skinned about personal criticism.[/COLOR][/B]

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[B][COLOR=black]I consider myself very fortunate to own the Redskins.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]@[/COLOR][URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/20/AR2009102003616.html"][B][COLOR=black]JohnKentCooke[/COLOR][/B][/URL]
[B][COLOR=black]I have never sued people who publish critical opinions of me, nor have I previously sued any news organization. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]If you can’t sue ‘em, [/COLOR][URL="http://www.espn980.com/"][B][COLOR=black]buy ‘em[/COLOR][/B][/URL][COLOR=black]. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I understand the anger people feel toward me when the Redskins have a losing season or when we sign a veteran player who does not meet expectations.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Or when we forbid you to bring signs in to the hellscape that is our stadium. Or when we go in to the draft with holes at all but two positions without third or fourth round draft picks. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]Seriously, how does this keep happening? People are starting to ask questions.[/COLOR]

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[COLOR=black]1. Not enough.
2. Who cares? Most of the good players are staying in school because you’re a selfish asshole, Harrison Barnes.
3. So many.[/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I have been a Redskins fan all my life, and I get angry, too, including at myself.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]He has the scars on his inner thigh to show for it. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I am the first to admit that I’ve made mistakes as an owner.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Technically speaking you’re more like #2,498,074. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I hope I’ve learned from them. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]And yet, this lawsuit.[/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]All I want is for the Redskins to win![/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Snyder’s exclamation marks are like creepy smiles. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]I honor vigorous free expression in the media.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]Pre-approved free expression, preferably. [/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]But even a public figure can sue for defamation when a tabloid paper publishes a harmful assertion of a fact, not an opinion, that it knows to be false or recklessly disregards the truth. [/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]I hope Dan Snyder’s lawyer’s dad went to a really good law school, because proving what Dave McKenna knew to be false is going to be a tough mother****er. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=black][...nonsense that will be bandied about in court][/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]Let’s be clear what this lawsuit is not about.[/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]The high road.[/COLOR]

[B][COLOR=black]It is not about money.[/COLOR][/B]
[I][COLOR=black]/rubs [/COLOR][URL="http://mmmsimpsons.tumblr.com/post/4708282403/from-the-pta-disbands"][B][COLOR=black]thumb on forefinger[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/I]

[B][COLOR=black]I have already publicly committed to donate any financial damages I win to help the homeless.[/COLOR][/B]
[I][COLOR=black]Free Johnny Rockets for all of you! You’re already loitering outside, you may as well come in and make us look busy[/COLOR][/I]

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Someone ought to put this on the back of a truck