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July 27, 2020

Washington Post settles defamation lawsuit with Covington Catholic student

Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky., and others students from the school stand in front of Native American Nathan Phillips near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in this still image from video Jan. 18, 2019. The Washington Post settled a defamation lawsuit July 24, 2020, filed by his parents Ted and Julie Sandmann.

WASHINGTON -- The Washington Post reached a settlement July 24 with the family of Nicholas Sandmann, the Kentucky Catholic high school student who sued the newspaper last year for defamation over its coverage of an incident that occurred after last year's March for Life that quickly went viral.

Published in International
February 20, 2019

Covington Catholic student sues Washington Post for $250 million on defamation

Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky., and others students from the school stand in front of Native American Nathan Phillips near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in this still image from video Jan. 18, 2019. Sandmann filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit Feb. 19 against The Washington Post claiming the newspaper's coverage of the incident was biased.
WASHINGTON – The Catholic high school student at the center of an encounter with a Native American tribal leader in Washington filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit Feb. 19 against The Washington Post claiming the newspaper's coverage of the incident was biased.
Published in International
October 25, 2018

Glen Argan: Truth takes a back seat in Khashoggi case

Jamal Khashoggi in undated photo.

My plan had been to write this week on the 25th anniversary of Pope John PaulöÏÓãÊÓƵapp encyclical The Splendour of Truth, the sainted popeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp most controversial document. However, as often happens, events intervened and I put off writing that reflection. Maybe next time.

Published in Register Columnists