Civil Litigation,
Environmental & Energy,
Entertainment & Sports
Aug. 4, 2017
Snarky ACLU brief is rhetorically misguided
Why is the ACLU even involved in the defamation case against John Oliver, brought after his talk show “Last Week Tonight” did a segment about the coal industry.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
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The West Virginia chapter of the ACLU’s snarky amicus brief, recently filed on behalf of John Oliver, his producer, HBO and Time-Warner in the defamation lawsuit against them brought by Robert E. Murray and his coal mining company, and lighting up the internet, is rhetorically misguided. In bringing his lawsuit, Murray is defending his own and his company’s honor and, more generally, the honor of the coal business, against a television segment by Oliver best described...
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