North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has announced a lawsuit against CNN over its recent report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced a lawsuit Tuesday against CNN over its recent report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory.

The lawsuit, filed in Wake County Superior Court, comes less than four weeks after a television report that led many fellow GOP elected officials and candidates, including presidential nominee Donald Trump, to distance themselves from Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign. Robinson announced the lawsuit at a news conference in Raleigh.

  • HelixDab2@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    23 hours ago

    calling the reporting reckless and defamatory.

    Uh.

    First of all, he’s a public figure, so the standards for libel are considerably higher than they would be for me. Secondly, truth is an absolute defense against defamation. If what CNN reported was accurate, then Robinson has no suit. This lawsuit is solely about optics; there’s no fuckin’ way he wins it.

    • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
      4·
      22 hours ago

      Let’s hope they report the loss as prominently as they reported the suit.

    • pelespiritOPMEnglish
      2·
      22 hours ago

      I think he’s super embarrassed now and he’s trying to do something to get his name back like a middle schooler. This is a save face moment that doesn’t work on any level.