A follow-up to the story of Arizona rancher Jim Chilton, who fought back against the slander of one of the West's largest environmental groups, the Center for Biological Diversity:
An Arizona appeals court has upheld a jury's $600,000 judgment in favor of a rancher in a defamation lawsuit, rejecting an environmental group's argument that documents it posted on the Internet were shielded by the First Amendment.
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The trial jury found the center made false statements in photo captions, including one that implied that grazing by Chilton's cattle was responsible for damage actually caused by hundreds of people, including the photographer, who attended a May Day festival.
The Phoenix New Times did an interesting write-up on his discovery of the slander-captioned photos and his decision to fight a group that everyone assumed it was impossible to win against ("I laid in bed at night, wondering if I was a cowboy or a wimp. If you're a cowboy, you stand up and fight for truth, justice, integrity and honor. If you're a wimp, you lay there and go to sleep.") You can read that story here.
(Via Country Store.)
Posted by floridacracker at December 16, 2006 10:04 AM"Thats what I'm talking about."
He proved they used bad science and bad judgement and managed to stick it to them where it hurt the most, the bottom line.
I thought this statement, "They continue to insist the photos are "substantially true," even if a few details were off." sounds just like the "Fake but accurate..." statements made by CBS.
Read the 6 page article, it's time well spent.
It shows that if you take the time to document and investigate charges made by the people around goverment and the enviormental organizations colusion can be demonstrated. I've had a longstanding belief that Fedco's various agencies in charge of land management worked hand in hand with the envirowhacko's, he proved it.