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A group of primarily far-right media organizations and podcasters were hit with a libel lawsuit last month after sharing an image of a man they wrongly identified as a neo-Nazi mass shooter.A group of media organizations and far-right podcasters were hit with a libel lawsuit last month after sharing an image of a man they wrongly identified as a neo-Nazi mass shooter.
Among the defendants accused of sharing the innocent man’s photo are far-right podcasters Tim Pool and Steven Crowder, along with Infowars host Owen Shroyer. Other media organizations named as defendants include the conservative cable channels Fox News and Newsmax; entertainment blog Hollywood Unlocked, TelevisaUnivision, the parent company of Spanish-language broadcaster Univision; and foreign policy news site Today News Africa.
“We do know that he had neo-Nazi ideation,” Hank Sibley, North Texas regional director for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said at a press conference following the massacre. “He had patches. He had tattoos. Even his signature verified that.” Pool added that he didn’t want to show photos of the potential shooter “considering the sensitive nature of these things,” the lawsuit says. But Pool’s media group had already published a photo of a different man — the plaintiff Garcia — on its website, according to the suit.“Despite Plaintiff’s demand, Timcast Media Group, Inc. refused to publish a retraction within 30 days,” the lawsuit says.
Both Stephen Crowder and the Louder with Crowder article discussed ― but dismissed ― reporting on the social media profile where verifiable photos of the shooter could be found, including photos matching the hand tattoo seen on the shooter’s body.At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions.
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