If the position differs, and the view is "any means necessary are justified to destroy a publication I dislike" - well OK. Defend that, then
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If Soros secretly funded an existentially threatening suit against Daily Caller, would that affect your view on the secret funding of suits?
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What this hinges on, insofar as it's completely without precedent, is the issue of secret funding of such a lawsuit.
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So would a billionaire secretly funding an existentially threatening lawsuit against the Daily Caller be OK?
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OK, you pass the consistency test then. I'm focusing narrowly on the secret funding of lawsuits by billionaires.
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Not necessarily, they posted something that cased a billionaire to dislike them enough to secretly fund a lawsuit
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The lawsuit only came about because a billionaire chose to secretly fund it. That should've been made known from the outset.
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And if it had been made known from the outset, the entire trajectory of the case would have changed. So that's the key factor.
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You don't think the jury might have liked to know that the case was only brought before them due to a billionaire's largesse?
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yes, but it was a first with respect to media law and the attendant first amendment considerations.
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Would have been up to the judge to determine its relevancy. Defense never had a chance to make an argument.
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This lawsuit was in a local jurisdiction. I do think secrecy matters in terms of popular perception, which can influence jurors.
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Well, that's a wild extrapolation to a view I don't hold and never signaled support for.
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So you agree that it should've been put to a judge to determine whether it was admissible.
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Yes but the question was never even addressed pre-trial because the funder concealed his involvement.
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the Daily Caller ran a Hulk Hogan sex tape?
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The Daily Caller was being sued out of existence by a secret billionaire
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