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NPR
March 30, 2018
The murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich in the summer of 2016 remains unsolved, still under investigation by police in Washington, D.C. It is the inspiration for round after round of baseless speculation about the cause of his death, linking it to the leak of thousands of DemocraticÃâà...
Newsweek
March 29, 2018
John Kerry served dishonorably during the Vietnam War. Barack Obama is a Muslim, born in Indonesia. Hillary Clinton knew about Benghazi, and yet did nothing. These and many other untruths have been disseminated in the right-wing media, which couches them in the principled bluster of the fearlessÃâà...
Vox
March 24, 2018
Twelve days after Seth Rich's murder, WikiLeaks published more than 44,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee, adding to a political firestorm that some say divided Democrats and helped swing the election to Donald Trump. While US intelligence found that the emails had been obtainedÃâà...
Columbia Journalism Review
March 23, 2018
The parents of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staffer murdered in 2016, filed a lawsuit last week against Fox News. Their complaint alleges that the network conspired with Fox reporter Malia Zimmerman and guest commentator Ed Butowsky, also named as defendants, to push a “shamÃâà...
Newsweek
March 21, 2018
A man who was once investigating the mysterious death of former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was arrested for allegedly attacking the Republican lobbyist who hired him for the probe. The Arlington County Police Department arrested Kevin Doherty, 46, after authorities say he used aÃâà...
The Guardian
March 20, 2018
When I hear the name Stormy Daniels, and that's a lot lately, I have the same vision inside my head. It's Donald Trump, right before the presidential debate with Hillary Clinton in St Louis on 9 October 2016. At the time, I, along with just about everyone I knew, mistakenly thought Trump was finished becauseÃâà...
Mediaite
March 19, 2018
Towards the end of this morning's MediaBuzz, Fox News' Howard Kurtz briefly covered the lawsuit filed by Seth Rich's family against the network. To briefly recap: Rich's family is suing Fox News over the report the network eventually retracted that spread the conspiracy that his murder was part of some plotÃâà...
TIME
March 15, 2018
The parents of slain Democratic staffer Seth Rich are speaking out after filing a lawsuit against Fox News, claiming the network used their son's death as a “political football” by linking it to a conspiracy theory. The 27-year-old Democratic National Committee staffer was killed in Washington, D.C. in July 2016Ãâà...
CNBC
March 14, 2018
The parents of Seth Rich, the young Democratic aide whose unsolved murder became grist for right-wing conspiracy theories about the 2016 presidential race, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Fox News, claiming that the network's coverage helped fuel damaging rumors about their son. The suit, filed inÃâà...
CNNMoney
March 13, 2018
The family of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Fox News, one of the network's reporters, and a wealthy Texas businessman over their roles in the publication of a baseless conspiracy theory about Rich's 2016 death. The lawsuit, filed in US DistrictÃâà...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
December 31, 1999
(JTA) — The brother of Seth Rich, a Jewish Democratic National Committee staffer killed near his Washington, D.C., home in 2016, has filed a lawsuit against conservative media outlets and individuals. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by Aaron Rich in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia alleges thatÃâà...
10News
December 31, 1999
The family of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich is suing Fox News over a now-retracted story about his death. Rich's parents filed the lawsuit Tuesday. In it, they claim Fox News exploited the death of their son "through lies, misrepresentations, and half-truths." The suit also names one of theÃâà...
CNNMoney
December 31, 1999
The brother of Seth Rich, the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose unsolved murder became the basis for conspiracy theories on the far-right, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against individuals and media organizations that he alleges peddled false and unfounded claims about him. The lawsuitÃâà...
