Various branches of the Media Research Center are promoting the defamation lawsuit that sue-happy defamer Larry Klayman filed on behalf of evangelist Bradlee Dean against Rachel Maddow.
A July 27 CNSNews.com article by Melanie Hunter uncritically repeats assertions by Klayman and Dean, including that “According to Dean, Maddow deliberately ignored the disclaimer on Dean’s Web site that he himself was not calling for the execution of gays.” In fact, Maddow did state that Dean “later clarified that he didn’t really mean to sanction murder of gay people.”
Meanwhile, a July 28 NewsBusters post by Jack Coleman also rehashes the plaintiffs’ claims, making sure to note that Maddow is “openly gay.” Unlike Hunter, though, Coleman did correctly state that Maddow noted Dean’s disclaimer, as well has hint at Dean’s history of anti-gay rhetoric.
That’s a lot of attention for a lawsuit that likely will get tossed out of court pretty quickly, if Klayman’s recent history is any indication.