Jimmy Carter being sued for alleged falsehoods

[snooper2]

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=206458

Jimmy Carter being sued for alleged falsehoods
By JORDANA HORN
02/03/2011 01:43


$5 million lawsuit against former US president alleges one of his books on Israel intended to deceive public, promote anti-Israel agenda.
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NEW YORK – A $5 million lawsuit filed in federal court in New York on Tuesday against former US President Jimmy Carter and publisher Simon & Schuster alleges that Carter’s 2006 book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid contains false information and was intended to deceive the public and promote an anti-Israel agenda.

The five plaintiffs in the suit, readers of the book, want their lawsuit, which seeks compensatory and punitive damages, to be deemed a class action, meaning that the plaintiffs would be seen to represent a much larger group – that is, everyone who purchased Carter’s $27 book.

The plaintiffs are Americans, with two of the five holding dual American-Israeli citizenship.

[Electric Monk]

1. I saw another thread on this but it just disappeared, I think

It wasn't locked or moved, as far as I can tell. It just went "poof". Are we not allowed to discuss this?

[arcane1]

2. I noticed the same thing

:shrug:

[Electric Monk]

4. I found another earlier thread on this, but this isn't the one I mentioned above

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x338542

[cbayer]

3. It was removed because of the link and the member informed as to why.

[HereSince1628]

5. Probably transported to Israel/Palestine forum

I'm just guessing, but that would be consistent with nearly a decade of DU dealing with these things.

[Sal Minella]

6. The story linked here is to "The Jerusalem Post"

and presumably will trigger fewer alerts.

[snooper2]

9. presumably...

is what I thought ;-)

[Puregonzo1188]

11. Yes, it did. Apparently it's not acceptable to link to the source at DU.

Which I find rather odd, and deeply troubling, but what else can I do--DU is a private site. I expressed my concern to the mod, though I doubt it will go anywhere.



Edited:I realized I had linked to the site again while explaining where it had gone, and did not want people to think I was deliberately breaking DU rules, even though I find it very Orwellian to not even be mentioning what site it was.

[rfranklin]

7. If you could win a suit for false information...Rush would be broke...

This is a publicity stunt and a frivolous lawsuit.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

8. can this be the solution to our Rupert Murdock problem

lawsuit for poisoning the minds of my older relatives. they need to be protected from the faults hoods of Fox News.

[pscot]

14. That has definite possibilities

It shouldn't take too many GlennBeck clips to convince a judge.

[sandyo--ERA]

10. This is so old news, and nothing happened about it for past 2 years.

[arcane1]

12. Old news?

According to the article, the lawsuit was "filed in federal court in New York on Tuesday"

:shrug:

[snooper2]

13. WELL SHIT! It's 2013!!!!!

Where in the HELL did the past two years go :rofl:

[H2O Man]

19. Time flies

so quickly these days.

[Poll_Blind]

22. LOL! But seriously, DID WE WIN?!

:rofl:

PB

[snooper2]

23. I have no idea

Still trying to catch up!

27,654 unread outlook messages :rofl:

[Blue_Tires]

15. So how long will it take the judge to throw this out -- 30 seconds? 45??

And shame on the JPost for propping this up as a legit story instead of one of those "News of the Weird" lawsuits where some nutbar sues Apple for stealing alien technology from the future...

[struggle4progress]

16. Link to the complaint:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/48074183/Carter-Complaint-Lawsuit-Against-Jimmy-Carter
<pdf:> http://www.tabletmag.com/wp-content/uploads/carter-complaint.pdf

Plaintiffs are Stephen Unterberg, dual citizen, of New York; Susan Eckman of Elizabeth NJ; Ryan Shuman of Ocono MI; Danica Bernard of Marina del Ray CA; Steven Tabak, dual citizen, of New York.

They complain under consumer laws of New York, alleging the book was marketed as nonfiction but is substantially untrue, and ask for class action status

Chance of success: zero

[Festivito]

20. There is no Ocono, MIchigan. Hmmm. /nt

[struggle4progress]

24. oops. should have been Ocono MN. sorry

[H2O Man]

17. How foolish.

I've read the book in question. I think it is President Carter's most outstanding book. I understand that some people have problems with it -- in fact, even a few here -- but I've yet to hear any meaningful disagreement in regard to the facts he lays out in it.

It's an important work. I urge DUers to read it. You may not agree with all of Carter's thinking, but he is worthy of respect.

[Electric Monk]

18. I deeply respect President Carter. I haven't read this book yet, but I will now.

nt

[Jefferson23]

21. Desperate people. n/t