Seth Rich’s Family Is Suing Fox News
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March 14, 2018Seth Rich– ring a bell? It should. He’s the DNC staffer who was brutally murdered back in 2016. There are still so many questions. The circumstances surrounding his death are suspicious. Any time we don’t have answers, conspiracy theories develop.
Authorities initially said Rich was the victim of a botched robbery, but nothing appeared to be taken from him.
I don’t know what happened. There have been a ton of conspiracy theories, detailing Rich’s alleged involvement with WikiLeaks. Speaking of, Seth Rich’s family is suing Fox News over that 2016 story which alleged that Rich provided documents to WikiLeaks.
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At the time, a federal investigator told the network that Rich exchanged emails with WikiLeaks.
A federal investigator who reviewed an FBI forensic report — generated within 96 hours after DNC staffer Seth Rich’s murder — detailing the contents Rich’s computer said he made contact with WikiLeaks through Gavin MacFadyen, a now-deceased American investigative reporter, documentary filmmaker, and director of WikiLeaks who was living in London at the time.
“I have seen and read the emails between Seth Rich and WikiLeaks,” the federal investigator told Fox News, confirming the MacFadyen connection. He said the emails are in possession of the FBI, while the stalled case is in the hands of the Washington Police Department.
Fox News eventually retracted the post, but the lawsuit prevails.
The suit filed in federal court by Joel and Mary Rich alleges that Fox News intentionally exploited the death of their son “through lies, misrepresentations, and half-truths” in a May 16, 2017, online story that said federal investigators had evidence Seth Rich was in contact with WikiLeaks before his death and could have provided DNC emails that were disseminated during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Rich was found shot to death in a northwest Washington neighborhood on July 10, 2016. Police had no suspects in his death but believed it was a botched robbery attempt.
The story, which ran under the headline “Slain DNC Staffer Had Contact with WikiLeaks Say Multiple Sources,” was removed from the Fox News website six days after it was published. Fox said the story “was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all of our reporting.”
Rich’s parents basically say Fox News exploited their son’s death and ruined his reputation.
“No parent should ever have to live through what we have been forced to endure,” his parents said in a statement. “The pain and anguish that comes from seeing your murdered son’s life and legacy treated as a mere political football is beyond comprehension.”
I can’t even imagine what they’re going through, but I still have so many questions.
Reminder: Fox News said at the time it retracted its Seth Rich story that it would carry out an investigation and "provide updates as warranted." Until this day, Fox has announced no disciplinary action or updates related to the publication of its story. https://t.co/7lU3I3XHeN
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 14, 2018
Most noteworthy thing about Seth Rich related lawsuit against Fox: it doesn't allege defamation or libel ever as a cause of action. If those behind the suit thought the allegations were false, why not allege defamation? https://t.co/Bv1j3luP6p
— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) March 14, 2018
The lawsuit filed by Seth Rich's family says Fox News used "false and fabricated facts" to develop a "sham story," and then provided a national platform to fuel the conspiracy theory alleging that Rich was murdered in connection with the hack of the DNC by WikiLeaks. https://t.co/fQEJ5uilQ5
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) March 14, 2018
The parents of Seth Rich have filed a lawsuit against Fox News over a retracted story asserting that he had leaked emails to Wikileaks before he was killed. https://t.co/oNXCriLctO
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 14, 2018
This lawsuit filed by Seth Rich's parents is brutal for Fox News:
"Joel and Mary Rich, grieving parents of a murdered child, seek justice for having become political bystanders to a political war to which they are innocent bystanders." https://t.co/SdsEbyEGlS pic.twitter.com/yob3uCfBta
— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) March 14, 2018
I don’t think Fox News was trying to exploit his death. It was pointing out the glaring inconsistencies and searching for answers. I don’t know what happened, but I still have a hard time accepting that it was a truly a “botched robbery.”
h/t LA Times
