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Hasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings for $72 Million Over Out-of-Context Lynching Quote
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker sued conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Tuesday, alleging that Jennings had defamed him by misconstruing a quote to make it sound like Piker endorsed lynchings. On his own podcast on Aug. 11, Jennings played a mashup of clips of Piker, including one in which Piker referenced going “back to a better […]
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Event date
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Coverage
6 outlets · 6 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
Finland, India, United States
English
Countries concerned
United States
Politics · intensity 3.0 · tone -1.00
In 5 seconds
Covered mainly by the Western sphere (83%); silent in Arab-Muslim world, Global South.
Western 83%Sino-Russian & BRICS 17%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 0%
Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.
In 30 seconds
- Confirmed by 6 outlets in 3 countries.
- Ignored by Arab-Muslim world, Global South.
- Propagation: first reported by variety.com (United States), . No word-for-word republication detected.
Headline clash across the four spheres
Western
- Hasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings for $72 Million Over Out-of-Context Lynching Quotevariety.com · United States
- CNN’s Scott Jennings Hit With $72.5M Suit By Hasan Piker Over “Manipulated” Lynching Misquotedeadline.com · United States
Sino-Russian & BRICS
- Hasan Piker sues CNN commentator Scott Jennings for defamation over alleged edited video controversykannada.hindustantimes.com · India
Arab-Muslim world
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
Global South
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
Coverage analysis
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Event sources
- Hasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings for $72 Million Over Out-of-Context Lynching Quotevariety.comÉtats-UnisUnited States → United StatesEnglish
- CNN’s Scott Jennings Hit With $72.5M Suit By Hasan Piker Over “Manipulated” Lynching Misquotedeadline.comUnknownUnited States → United StatesEnglish
- Hasan Piker sues CNN commentator Scott Jennings for defamation over alleged edited video controversykannada.hindustantimes.comINIndia → United StatesEnglish
- Progressive streamer Hasan Piker sues CNN’s Scott Jennings for $72.5M over ‘false, fabricated, and manipulated’ videoaol.comUnknownUnited States → United StatesEnglish
- Hasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings for $72.5 Million For Falsely Claiming He Supports Lynchingstmz.comFinlandeFinland → United StatesEnglish
- Hasan Piker Files $72.5 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Scott Jennings Over Lynching Quotehollywoodreporter.comUnknownUnited States → United StatesEnglish