Rush Limbaugh Threatens To Sue Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

NY Daily News:  "Limbaugh charges that the DCCC sent out a letter that distorted comments he delivered on his syndicated radio show in September, making it appear he might excuse sexual assault. The letter also called for respondents to boycott Limbaugh’s advertisers.

"Limbaugh’s attorney Patty Glaser sent a letter to the DCCC Monday demanding an apology and a retraction, then warning that even if he got them, he still might sue."
 
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... “Let’s be clear: Rush Limbaugh is advocating for the tolerance of rape” the DCCC stated in a September fundraising email after Limbaugh mocked Ohio State’s new mandatory sexual consent guidelines. (RELATED: Democrats Attack Rush Limbaugh On Way To November Loss)

"Limbaugh’s team said that the DCCC’s campaign against Limbaugh provides grounds for a defamation case, based on legal precedent."

Fox News:  “The DCCC may believe it to be immune from liability by quoting words, taken out of context. This is untrue,” [ Limbaugh's attorney Patty] Glaser said. “There is significant on point precedent in the 9th Circuit for holding an organization responsible for falsifying meaning through selective quoting. In Price v. Stossel, the court held that, if a party accurately quotes ‘a statement actually made by a public figure, but presents the statement in a misleading context, thereby changing the viewer’s understanding of the speaker’s words,’ that constitutes defamation.”