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Old 05-08-2008, 04:00 PM   #1
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Default Any lawyers here? Seriously.

I'll sign on as a defendant in a class action suit.

Many of the posters here have spent hours educating (or trying to) regular people who think they are informed. ESPN knowingly, carelessly, and recklessly presented things as news that were not. When not knowingly it was at least negligent when people on their own "Network" can be cited as sources to the contrary of what they present as news.

I've seen plenty of examples of one "reporter" saying something as another "reporter" has something contradictory. If both reporters work for ESPN is that the definition of "knowingly."

No, it is not overly broad. CBS news and Fox News are separate and distinct from their entertainment shows. I've never seen someone from Fox News on Married with Children or Bill O'Reilly doing a voice on the Simpsons. Similarly I never saw Walkter Kronkite on Star Trek or Katie Couric and Mike Wallace on Two and Half Men.

PtI is on Sportscenter. I've seen Marc Schlereth on Sportcenter then go on Mike and Mike. Everything from Cold Pizza to ATH is presented as news. The target is wide but contained to ESPN.
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Old 05-08-2008, 04:10 PM   #2
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PatsFaninAZ is an attorney I believe.
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I'll sign on as a defendant in a class action suit.

Many of the posters here have spent hours educating (or trying to) regular people who think they are informed. ESPN knowingly, carelessly, and recklessly presented things as news that were not. When not knowingly it was at least negligent when people on their own "Network" can be cited as sources to the contrary of what they present as news.

I've seen plenty of examples of one "reporter" saying something as another "reporter" has something contradictory. If both reporters work for ESPN is that the definition of "knowingly."

No, it is not overly broad. CBS news and Fox News are separate and distinct from their entertainment shows. I've never seen someone from Fox News on Married with Children or Bill O'Reilly doing a voice on the Simpsons. Similarly I never saw Walkter Kronkite on Star Trek or Katie Couric and Mike Wallace on Two and Half Men.

PtI is on Sportscenter. I've seen Marc Schlereth on Sportcenter then go on Mike and Mike. Everything from Cold Pizza to ATH is presented as news. The target is wide but contained to ESPN.
What exactly would your class action suit be for? How were you harmed? Please, be serious.
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I'll sign on as a defendant in a class action suit.
I think you want to be the plaintiff not the defendant.
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I'll sign on as a defendant in a class action suit.

Many of the posters here have spent hours educating (or trying to) regular people who think they are informed. ESPN knowingly, carelessly, and recklessly presented things as news that were not. When not knowingly it was at least negligent when people on their own "Network" can be cited as sources to the contrary of what they present as news.

I've seen plenty of examples of one "reporter" saying something as another "reporter" has something contradictory. If both reporters work for ESPN is that the definition of "knowingly."

No, it is not overly broad. CBS news and Fox News are separate and distinct from their entertainment shows. I've never seen someone from Fox News on Married with Children or Bill O'Reilly doing a voice on the Simpsons. Similarly I never saw Walkter Kronkite on Star Trek or Katie Couric and Mike Wallace on Two and Half Men.

PtI is on Sportscenter. I've seen Marc Schlereth on Sportcenter then go on Mike and Mike. Everything from Cold Pizza to ATH is presented as news. The target is wide but contained to ESPN.

Cronkite did a very funny cameo on The Mary Tyler Moore show in the 70's. Ted Baxter wet his pants when Uncle Walter strolled into the news room. Very funny.
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Seriously, though, this is a terrible idea. It would make those two loons in New Jersey look sane.
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We should also sue all the people who signed up new accounts right after the Super Bowl and crashed the board.

They make about the same amount of sense.
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What exactly would your class action suit be for? How were you harmed? Please, be serious.
Did you read the post? I want to be compensated at minimum wage for all the time I spent fixing their crap. I guesstimate 100 hours. Heck, take my post count here alone, not the ESPN Patriots board or CHFF.com Assume 50% are about Camera-gate. I'm deadly serious, or did you miss the thread title too?

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Thanks, see why we need a lawyer?
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