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HS sports announcer awarded $25 million after wrongfully being labeled racist.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 2/10/24 at 2:47 pm
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After being misidentified by a major newspaper as having made racist remarks during a high school basketball game, an announcer has won a $25 million judgment in court.
Scott Sapulpa, an Oklahoma-based high school basketball announcer, won the verdict Monday—with the court ordering Gannett, the owner of The Oklahoman, to pay him $5 million in actual damages and $20 million in punitive damages.
Sorry can’t link article from phone.
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Posted on 2/10/24 at 2:50 pm to TigerintheNO
Can't wait for the "we need tort/lawsuit reform" and "lawfare' types to comment.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 2:59 pm to TigerintheNO
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“They’re kneeling? F–king n—-s. I hope Norman gets their arse kicked. F–k them. I hope they lose. They’re gonna kneel like that?,”
The other commentator came in hot.
NY Post
Posted on 2/10/24 at 3:04 pm to Ghost of Colby
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“Newspapers are made up of people, and people make mistakes. Mistakes happen,” Nelon said.
“Gannett is made up of people — over 11,000 people. When you punish Gannett, you’re punishing all those small-town newspaper editors.”
shouldn't have tried that in a small town
Posted on 2/10/24 at 3:05 pm to Ghost of Colby
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“They’re kneeling? F–king n—-s. I hope Norman gets their arse kicked. F–k them. I hope they lose. They’re gonna kneel like that?,”
The other commentator came in hot.
Norman went on to beat Midwest City, 53-40
and then won the state championship a few weeks later
This post was edited on 2/10/24 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 2/10/24 at 3:35 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Can't wait for the "we need tort/lawsuit reform" and "lawfare' types to comment.
Still here. No one deserves $25M because they were called a racist.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 3:39 pm to High C
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Still here. No one deserves $25M because they were called a racist.
And the article was only up for 2 1/2 hours until it was corrected to ID the announcer that actually made the comments.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 3:46 pm to TigerintheNO
frick The Oklahoman. That's the worst pos rag of paper I've ever seen. They became so unpopular outside of OKC that they basically don't even distribute outside OKC anymore.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 3:47 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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And the article was only up for 2 1/2 hours until it was corrected to ID the announcer that actually made the comments.
The bigger problem was that other news outlets picked up the story, and ran with it long after the original story was pulled.
In the end it doesn’t matter. The whole tone of the original article was to put the commentator on blast and to call him out. They should have at least gotten the right guy before dragging him through the mud. It doesn’t matter if they only dragged him for a few hours. The damage was done.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:07 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Can't wait for the "we need tort/lawsuit reform" and "lawfare' types to comment.
Still here, this is ridiculous, but goddamn it's nice to see the idiot mob lose.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:08 pm to TigerintheNO
Wait till they get the white lady that keeps calling a white kid K****
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:11 pm to TigerintheNO
This sucks for him, but that seems like a ton of money for an article that was only up for 3 hours?
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:12 pm to Jcorye1
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Still here, this is ridiculous, but goddamn it's nice to see the idiot mob lose.
Did you read the article? This isn’t like the Kansas City “blackface” ordeal.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:13 pm to Corinthians420
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When you punish Gannett, you’re punishing all those small-town newspaper editors.
Gannett would know because they’ve punished every small town newspaper they could get their hands on.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:15 pm to TigerintheNO
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Following the verdict on Monday, Sapulpa said he felt “numb,” NonDoc.com reports. “My kids, their last name is cleared, too,” he said between tears.
$25MM doesn’t clear your name, it just makes you wealthy.
This post was edited on 2/10/24 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:19 pm to Ghost of Colby
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“They’re kneeling? F–king n—-s. I hope Norman gets their arse kicked. F–k them. I hope they lose. They’re gonna kneel like that?,”
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Rowan then admitted it was him, and he was named in the article at 5:35 p.m. He would later claim he made the comments because he is diabetic.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:19 pm to SlowFlowPro
We do. Why do you feel the need to only call out hypocrisy in one direction? Is it because conservatives typically don’t find value in trial lawyers that believe they’re basically Antonin Scalia?
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:20 pm to Ghost of Colby
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They should have at least gotten the right guy before dragging him through the mud. It doesn’t matter if they only dragged him for a few hours. The damage was done
Exactly
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:49 pm to High C
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Still here. No one deserves $25M because they were called a racist.
Agree about the 25 mil part. However, for a non black, being called a racist in today's climate is as bad as being called treasonous. Moreso if you weren't part of the Jan 6 witch hunt. Perceived racists get worse treatment around town than the Uvalde police.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 4:54 pm to lsufanva
I bet it will make other publications think twice before they libel someone.
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