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Far-right site Gateway Pundit settles defamation suit with election workers

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Don't understand how anyone can read anything by Gateway Pundit. Just a click bait site filled with lies, exaggerations and conspiracy theories


Website falsely accused Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss of wrongdoing in 2020 election

The Gateway Pundit, the far-right news website that played a critical role in spreading false information about the 2020 election, has settled a defamation lawsuit with Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers it falsely accused of wrongdoing.

Notice of the settlement was filed in circuit court in Missouri, where Freeman and Moss had sued the site for defamation. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed in the filing.


“The dispute between the parties has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties through a fair and reasonable settlement,” the legal team for Moss and Freeman said in a statement. Attorneys for the Gateway Pundit did not immediately return a request for comment.

After the 2020 election, the Gateway Pundit published a series of stories amplifying a misleading video that showed Freeman and Moss counting ballots. The site pushed the false claim that the two women were committing fraud and counting illegal ballots after counting had ended for the night. The Gateway Pundit was the first news outlet to identify Freeman and later identified Moss, who have been cleared of all wrongdoing.

Even after Georgia election officials debunked the video, the site continued to publish numerous articles falsely accusing Moss and Freeman of fraud. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s lawyer, also attacked the two women publicly. A Washington DC jury ordered Giuliani to pay nearly $150m to the two women last year for libel, a decision the former New York mayor is appealing. At the trial, Giuliani’s lawyer at one point accused the Gateway Pundit of being the basis of the false claims about the two women.

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www.theguardian.com

Far-right site Gateway Pundit settles defamation suit with election workers

Website removed articles falsely accusing Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss of wrongdoing in 2020 election
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Yeah...

Those two ladies got their payday for their election fraud. (minus their high-powered lawyers' fees, of course)
 
Mycroft said:
Yeah...

Those two ladies got their payday for their election fraud. (minus their high-powered lawyers' fees, of course)
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Yeah. That's what Giuliani said . . . and it cost him a large fortune. And now the Gateway Pundit is going to pay as well. These fools had all the opportunities to show their evidence, and they refused to do so. FOX NEWS already paid, and they are going to pay AGAIN!

@Mycroft has seen the evidence they refused to show the courts, and even he won't show it - to anyone.
 
Mycroft said:
Yeah...

Those two ladies got their payday for their election fraud. (minus their high-powered lawyers' fees, of course)
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Still unable to admit that you were lied to and fooled by the maga media? You really should see someone about that! It's a pity that you aren't worth chasing for the libel you just committed. Then you could show all your actual evidence of fraud to a judge. Just as well for you that you can safely play maga internet warrior and defame people without having to defend those defamations!!!
 

He's like a sports fan who's unable to see his team is now complete shit.
He will allways back Trump no matter what and even if he loses 100 court cases it'll allways be lawfare and Trump is allways innocent in his eyes.

He's like a horny preteen girl gushing about the latest boy band.
 
Mycroft said:
Yeah...

Those two ladies got their payday for their election fraud. (minus their high-powered lawyers' fees, of course)
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Let me guess, you have evidence they were engaging in voter fraud, but your dog ate it.

You know that the First Amendment doesn't protect media outlets from liable lawsuits if they accuse someone of committing a crime and then presenting no evidence of it, right?
 
Credence said:
Don't understand how anyone can read anything by Gateway Pundit. Just a click bait site filled with lies, exaggerations and conspiracy theories
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As far as MAGA is concerned, those are features, not bugs.

Sadly, I'm guessing that settling will mean GP can continue to operate.
 
Mycroft said:
Yeah...

Those two ladies got their payday for their election fraud. (minus their high-powered lawyers' fees, of course)
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Always making lemonade……
 
Hmm I wonder if this was part of the settlement with the election workers

bbm

Far-right website admits there was no fraud at 2020 vote-count in Atlanta​


Sat 12 Oct 2024 11.16 EDT

The far-right website The Gateway Pundit acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that there was not any fraud during ballot counting in Atlanta in 2020 when Donald Trump lost the presidency, a significant concession from one of the most influential conservative sites that plays a key role in spreading election misinformation. The statement, the first acknowledgment from the site that there was no proof of fraud in Atlanta, came days after the site settled a defamation lawsuit with Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shaye Moss, two local election workers who the site falsely accused of wrongdoing.

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed publicly, but the site appears to have removed all mention of the two women. “Georgia officials concluded that there was no widespread voter fraud by election workers who counted ballots at the State Farm Arena in November 2020,” the site’s co-founder, Jim Hoft, said in a statement posted on Gateway Pundit on Saturday. “The results of this investigation indicate that Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss did not engage in ballot fraud or criminal misconduct while working at State Farm Arena on election night.

A legal matter with this news organization and the two election workers has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties through a fair and reasonable settlement.” As Trump sought to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat to Joe Biden, Gateway Pundit relentlessly amplified a misleading video it said showed poll workers fraudulently counting ballots on election night. Gateway Pundit was the first site to identify Freeman and Moss as the two women in the video and published dozens of articles falsely accusing them of wrongdoing.

Moss and Freeman have publicly spoken out about the severe harassment they faced. They received many death threats. People showed up unannounced at Freeman’s home, and she feared they were going to kill her. Both women testified last year that they were still afraid to go out alone in public.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/12/gateway-pundit-admits-no-election-fraud-atlanta
 
Could it possibly be that everyone really knows the 2020 election was fair and free from statistically significant voter fraud. That this is all just a massive grift to make money?

Signs point to yes.
 
Mycroft said:
Yeah...

Those two ladies got their payday for their election fraud. (minus their high-powered lawyers' fees, of course)
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You think Gateway Pundit used a Strip Mall slip and fall lawyer?

Gateway Pundit did their best to ruin these women.

I hope the women got a fantastic payday.
 
mrjurrs said:
Could it possibly be that everyone really knows the 2020 election was fair and free from statistically significant voter fraud. That this is all just a massive grift to make money?
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First of all, we are talking about election fraud. Not voter fraud. Try to get it straight, eh?

And no...only the Trump haters and their useful idiots falsely say the 2020 election was "fair and free".
 
Mycroft said:
First of all, we are talking about election fraud. Not voter fraud. Try to get it straight, eh?

And no...only the Trump haters and their useful idiots falsely say the 2020 election was "fair and free".
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You have that backwards. Only gullible Trumpanzees think it wasn't fair and free.
 
Mycroft said:
First of all, we are talking about election fraud. Not voter fraud. Try to get it straight, eh?
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yes, you make that point a lot.
Mycroft said:
And no...only the Trump haters and their useful idiots falsely say the 2020 election was "fair and free".
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- Then should we remove anyone who won their election in 2020 from Office? According to you we should not accept the results of the election.

Trump supporters have never proven the case that the election was not "fair and free".
Please share some links to evidence that proves your point.
 
Credence said:
Don't understand how anyone can read anything by Gateway Pundit. Just a click bait site filled with lies, exaggerations and conspiracy theories
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Because it is a garbage site that tells Trumpies what they want to hear, example below...

Mycroft said:
Those two ladies got their payday for their election fraud.
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You, like all the other Trump supporters, have accused them of something you have no evidence to support. So much like Trump, you are an enabler to them being unsafe by these repeated accusations you cannot possibly back up.

But, at least you are honest in aligning with Trump on wanting to see people hurt to support the conspiracy theory.

That is why they filed suit, and typical right wing junk "journalism" has to retreat into settlement.
 
mike2810 said:
yes, you make that point a lot.
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Because it's true. Election fraud and voter fraud are two very different things.

mike2810 said:
- Then should we remove anyone who won their election in 2020 from Office? According to you we should not accept the results of the election.
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Too late. Dude...the election fraud succeeded four years ago. We can't rewind time.

All we can do now is everything we can to make sure it doesn't happen again.

mike2810 said:
Trump supporters have never proven the case that the election was not "fair and free".
Please share some links to evidence that proves your point.
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Blah, blah, blah.

You don't want any evidence.

Bye.
 
Once again, your bullshit is exposed, just like Cyber Ninjas and Brnovitch. You are NEVER right.

You don't have evidence, you never had evidence. Just Russian backed disinformation and propaganda.
 
Mycroft said:
Because it's true. Election fraud and voter fraud are two very different things.
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we know
Mycroft said:
Too late. Dude...the election fraud succeeded four years ago. We can't rewind time.
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(translation) you know there is no evidence to back up your position. The result is Trump lost a fair election, but a supporter cannot admit it.
Mycroft said:
All we can do now is everything we can to make sure it doesn't happen again.
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what happen again? You have never provided any evidence and you just posted. "ction fraud succeeded four years ago. We can't rewind time."

I agree, we need to ensure a political candidate doesn't spread misinformation.
Ooops to late, Trump is doing it again.

Mycroft said:
Blah, blah, blah.

You don't want any evidence.
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If I didn't I would not have asked
Mycroft said:
Bye.
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run away. that is what some Trump supporters do when they cannot back up their statements.
 
We want evidence. Not your usual poorly sourced or conspiracy laden evidence.
 
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