Gratifying yet worrisome

… defamation as a business practice was once upon a time what bottom feeders did for the shock value, not regular practice for the media of record.

Peter Van Buren, The Covington Kids’ Revenge, One Year Later

It’s gratifying to see CNN brought to its knees, but the reported $25 million settlement seems excessive to me, as it would yield to Nick Sandeman a perpetual incomee in the high-six or low-seven figures. That does not plausibly represent a realistic estimate of the damage done him.