{"id":34285,"date":"2024-08-30T22:42:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T22:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=34285"},"modified":"2024-08-30T22:42:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T22:42:40","slug":"texas-judge-overseeing-elon-musk-and-xs-defamation-case-against-smear-website-media-matters-denies-their-motion-to-dismiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=34285","title":{"rendered":"Texas Judge Overseeing Elon Musk and X\u2019s Defamation Case Against Smear Website Media Matters DENIES Their Motion to Dismiss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Judge Reed O\u2019Connor<\/strong> who oversees Elon Musk\u2019s lawsuit against the smear website Media Matters for America denied their motion to dismiss the case on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Media Matters submitted its dismissal request in early March on the grounds that X\u2019s case lacked \u201cpersonal jurisdiction,\u201d an \u201cimproper venue\u201d and the \u201cfailure to state a claim.\u201d O\u2019Connor dismissed all of those claims, according to court records.<\/p>\n

Judge Reed O\u2019Conner dismissed all three complaints by Media Matters for America (MMFA).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Engadget<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

The lawsuit filed last year in federal court seeks damages from the media watchdog group over \u201cmaliciously manufactured\u201d images reporting that X\u2019s platform placed Neo-Nazi and white-nationlist content next to advertisers\u2019 images causing advertisers to flee the site. The images Media Matters used weren\u2019t manufactured but X\u2019s claim is that its dogged pursuit of ads\u2019 placement with racist content by using certain accounts to bypass ad filters caused irreparable harm to the social media giant.<\/p>\n

X owner Elon Musk\u2019s other companies are located in Texas but aren\u2019t directly connected to the Media Matters lawsuit. X closed its San Francisco offices earlier this month and owner Elon Musk announced in July that X\u2019s headquarters will move to Austin. Tesla moved its headquarters from California to the Lone Star State in 2021 and SpaceX from Delaware earlier this year when a judge threw out a $56 billion pay package from the state.<\/p>\n

However, in dismissing the personal jurisdiction argument, O\u2019Connor noted that two of X\u2019s \u201cblue-chip\u201d advertisers like AT&T and Oracle included in Media Matters\u2019 coverage are based in Texas. He cited the landmark 2002 Internet defamation case Revell v. Lidov quoting the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals\u2019 assertion that \u201cif you are going to pick a fight in Texas, it is reasonable to expect that it be settled there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elon Musk cheered the news, responding to George Behizy\u2019s tweet on X \u201cLFG!\u201d \u2026 or Let\u2019s F**king Go!<\/p>\n

LFG!! https:\/\/t.co\/FRDdOfvbYn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n

This comes after news last week that far left Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee out of Washington DC, ordered Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to halt his investigation<\/a> into Media Matters for America.<\/p>\n

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent The Gateway Pundit a response to the ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cMake no mistake: Media Matters ran to a DC Court in order to get out of complying with our investigation. The DC Court\u2019s order effectively shuts down Missouri courts. We will be appealing the decision, and look forward to resuming our investigation on behalf of all affected Missourians.\u201d<\/p>\n

As we reported earlier, Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama donor<\/a>, is famous for his persecution of Trump supporters.<\/p>\n

The post Texas Judge Overseeing Elon Musk and X\u2019s Defamation Case Against Smear Website Media Matters DENIES Their Motion to Dismiss<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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