Last week, the parents of the nine-year-old Chiefs fan whom a certain publication falsely accused of wearing blackface, filed a lawsuit against the outlet and its parent company for maliciously attacking their son.
This week, a writer and editor from the same publication filed a lawsuit against her employer for gender discrimination. The lawsuit claims that the company did not hire her as the full-time editor-in-chief because she is a woman.
What evidence did she provide to support her claim that her gender played a role in the hiring decision, as opposed to the company simply choosing someone else for the position?
She did not provide any evidence.
The lawsuit simply argues that females are a protected class, and therefore she has grounds to sue under Title VII and the Equal Pay Act if a male is promoted over her.
According to the lawsuit:
You can read the full lawsuit here.
Despite the fact that the company has received two lawsuits within a week, one is more credible than the other.
The publication knowingly defamed a nine-year-old child by using a misleading photo that only showed one side of his face, cropping out the side that was painted red – making it appear as though he was wearing blackface to a Chiefs game.
The publication was aware of the full photo, but did not correct the story for 11 days, until the family threatened legal action. The timeline is incriminating.
The publication spread falsehoods about a child, falsely portraying him as a racist, and even after knowing the truth, they continued to stand by their false claims. According to the lawsuit, the lies published in the article resulted in death threats towards the child and his family.
A legal analyst explained that in order to prove defamation, it would need to be shown that a false statement was made (i.e. the child wearing blackface); that the statement was published to third parties (which is the case here, as it has spread across the internet); that the defendant knew it was false or was negligent in publishing it (the publication and the author saw the full photo and knew the context); and that damages were caused to the plaintiff’s reputation (as evidenced by the death threats mentioned in the lawsuit).
Let’s examine:
The publication published a false statement. Check. Third parties republished the false statement. Check. The publication and the author knew that they were spreading false information. Check. The child and his parents suffered harm in the form of threats and harassment. Check.
In other words, defamation.
On the other hand, the lawsuit filed by the writer and editor seems like an attempt to take advantage of her gender.
This is a common tactic for her. She consistently blames her gender for all of her failures and tries to tarnish anyone who gets in her way by labeling them as “sexist.”
She attempted to do the same to this publication a few months ago.
Last November, we reached out to several employees of the company to ask why they did not update the story about the Chiefs fan with accurate information: the author, the editor-in-chief, the CEO, and the writer herself.
There were three men and one woman among those contacted. However, the writer accused the inquiries of being “sexist” on a social media platform.
We were unsure of what she meant, so we asked her to provide evidence of her claim that I am a sexist. Unfortunately, she did not respond.
Instead, she made her social media account private, where it remains to this day, three months later.
Interestingly, after her attempt to smear the publication, it was revealed that she herself has a history of making derogatory and “sexist” comments.
Here are some of the posts shared in the thread:
That is the woman who has built a career out of accusing others of being sexist, racist, and bigoted. And now she is trying to bring down her employer using the same tactics.
It seems as though she senses the impending demise of the publication. She wants to secure an easy payout before it collapses. She wants to ensure that the defamed child, who has suffered emotionally, is not the sole victim of her employer.
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