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MSNBC anchor Joy Reid has been sued for targeting a woman for harassment and death threats, The Blast first reported.

Joy Reid is being sued for defamation by a Donald Trump supporter who claims the MSNBC host falsely accused her of hurling racial slurs at a teenager in a photo that went viral earlier this year.

According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Roslyn La Liberte claims Reid used “her substantial social media presence, fame, and reputation as a hard-hitting journalist” to publish to her followers that La Liberte “screamed abhorrent racial slurs” at a 14-year-old boy.

Cernovich has obtained the case filings.

You may red the complaint here:

• La Liberte v. Joy Reid Complaint

The case number is 1:18-cv-05398 and was filed in the Eastern District of New York.

La Liberte
1:18-cv-05398
Complaint
https://t.co/H4qXB6RRZn

— USDC EDNY Filings (@usdcedny) September 25, 2018

These are the types of messages Joy Reid’s fans send, according to official court filings:

a. “YOU ARE A DISGRACE. I WISH YOUR CHILDREN WERE RIPPED FROM YOU SO YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THE PAIN. . . . You are a dirty white woman b***h.”

b. “Dear racist b***h! It seems like your old poor evil soul never left the Hitler era . . . What a waste, what an embarrassment, what a disgrace of the human kind to have people like you in this world.”

c. “You’re the kind of White Trash that should be dragged into the Town Square & flogged. Your tongue should be cut out. LEAVE THIS COUNTRY – you are an ABSOLUTE DISGRACE!!”

d. “I’m glad everyone in the entire world knows what a racist piece of s**t you are f**k you a*****e.”

e. “Want Out? Your life is probably becoming a living hell and you don’t know how to handle it. I can offer a way out.”

f. “You’re a worthless human being. Go kill yourself.”

g. “The best way to make America great again is to tar and feather sluts like you and ride them out of the country on a rail!”

h. “Racist c**t! Who the f**k do you think you [a]re? You’re sick and twisted c**t & you’ll end up in hell after you die.”

i. “Ur a disgusting human being and if it wasn’t for ur voicemail being full u would hear the best of me. U know what would make America great again is if racist a** b***hes like u went the f**k back to Europe where u came from get educated learn ur history know where u white pple came from.. you murdered and slaughtered pple from their land took their homes and families. This world will be a better place I will remember ur face if I ever see u I will spit in ur face c**t”

Will the media report about this harassment mob formed by someone on their side?

Unlikely.

I wrote about Joy Reid and her behavior in my latest book, Hoaxed.

• Buy it here.

Maybe!

That’s entirely up to you.

Soon I’ll explain how you can bring Hoaxed to your city.

In the meantime, some updates.

When will the digital download be released?

We’d like to have Hoaxed in your inbox on October 20th. It’s more likely that you’ll have Hoaxed well in time to watch it with your families on Thanksgiving.

When can you watch Hoaxed in a theatre?

We will be holding a private screening in Los Angeles on October 20th.

This is a private event for backers and book pre-orders only.

There will also be a screening in Washington, D.C. on a date to be determined.

“Hi I want to organize a Hoaxed screening!”

We have this covered in-house.

Will there be a Hoaxed book?

Yes, Hoaxed is a book! We took 10 of the best interviews, edited them for clarity, and included some of my own original essays to create a masterpiece on media insight and criticism.

There are some surprising names in Hoaxed book, too.

The book cover is different from the film poster.

I love the book cover, a lot of people hate it. They think it’s too busy or that the color scheme looks like a political statement. Not everyone “gets” art, and the sign of a good book cover is that it divides people.

You can get the Hoaxed book here.

If what Michael Moore presented about the Flint water crisis in Fahrenheit 11/9 is true, then I don’t see how Michigan governor Rick Snyder is able to walk out in public. When learning about children being lead poisoned, I and my wife were thinking of ways to help. But as Moore’s film wrapped up by saying that every Trump supporter was a Nazi, there wasn’t any reason to believe his reporting about Flint’s water. Could be just another big lie.

Rather than unite economic populists on the left and right, Moore went with a conventional film for his audience of white Boomer liberals. They’ll leave the film feeling good about themselves. The smug factor is high, as we’ve come to expect from an aging and uncreative Moore.

Every problem in American is someone else’s fault, and that someone else is usually a Republican.

Moore is such a stupid boomer that he attended an anti-Trump rally organized by Russians. Typical of Boomers, he didn’t engage in any critical self-examination, asking how he himself was duped.

Paper burns at 451 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the title of Ray Bradbury’s book, which Michael Moore borrowed from.

Michael Moore’s work is safe enough that the kids stayed home. According to Deadline, “Only 9% under 25 showed up.”

There’s nothing in Fahrenheit 11/9 that anyone will want to ban. His film isn’t a threat to establishment Democrats, Trump supporters, Republicans, or anyone else other than his financial backers who are seeing disappointing box office sales.

Watch my video review of Fahrenheit 11/9 here:

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1DXGyYAXVoNGM

Lawyers who should know better are suggesting that Brett Kavanaugh must have something to hide because he’s preparing for an interview before the Senate. Lawyers who should know better are embarrassing themselves and harming their clients with this type of misinformation.

Why would an innocent man with nothing to hide need to prepare?

This is interesting—why did Kavanaugh hire an attorney? Presumably the statute of limitations on the assault has passed. Is he concerned about exposure for lying to Congress? https://t.co/usQ9q4V15o

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 17, 2018

First of all, he doesn’t know the allegations against him. It’s harder for a wrongfully accused person to defend himself, because you don’t know what happened. If you actually did the crime, you have some facts to work with. Imagine you’re not even at the place someone said you were at. How do you disprove an allegation?

https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1043256942636875776

Second, the traps for Kavanaugh as manifold.

Senator Corey Booker: Mr. Kavanaugh, should we believe women who claim to be victims of abuse?

Kavanaugh: Yes, of course.

Booker: Then why shouldn’t we believe Blasey Ford?

On and on, with questions like this:

• Do you believe the accusations made against President Trump?
• How can your law clerks feel safe around you?
• Why should we vote on you now rather than wait for an FBI interview?

Watching well-respected criminal defense lawyers get on their knees to shine the shoes of Andrew McCabe (who lied under oath) and supplicate before high level government officials has been one of the grossest developments of this decade.

P.S. I have a new collection of essays available, all brand new material. Buy it here.

Hoaxed Movie will debut in Los Angeles on October 20th. This is an invitation-only event, and there are only two ways to get in.

1. You backed Hoaxed. In which case, email me at the private email account for an RSVP.
2. You pre-ordered Hoaxed book before September 27th.
3. Hoaxed book is ebook only during the pre-order period.

As someone who has thrown a lot of events, I know what will happen.

As the date approaches and the hype increases, and as you find out who will attend, you’ll email me asking for an exception to the rule.

ZERO exceptions.

I simply have no patience for those who arrive last and ask to be first in line. I black list people who make such requests, as they are what’s known as “demon customers.”

You either backed Hoaxed or you pre-ordered the book.

Adapted from a major motion picture, Hoaxed contains the full interviews of some of the leading figures in media.

Hoaxed contains long-form interviews with some major media figures. No I’m not going to tell you who. That will all come out soon enough.

In addition to transcribed interviews, I share some personal essays on my dealings with the media, and reveal how fake news is created by powerful interests.

Beyond Cernovich’s humorous and sometimes chilling tales, in Hoaxed you will learn

– How the media creates a narrative to further a destructive agenda,
– Why Wikipedia is a major source of disinformation,
– Who you can trust,
– What does it mean to search for the truth?

Mike Cernovich is a journalist, author, and filmmaker with millions of readers around the world.

You can pre-order Hoaxed here.