Channel 14 Reporter Sues Twitter User for Nazi Comparison
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Channel 14 legal correspondent Yair Altman is suing a Twitter user for NIS 50,000 after the user compared his affiliation with the channel to membership in the Nazi party. Altman stated the comparison damages his honor and good name. The lawsuit was filed by his attorney, Shlomi Weinberg, and no defense has been submitted yet.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Channel 14 reporter Yair Altman is suing a Twitter user for NIS 50,000 over a Nazi comparison.
- The Twitter user compared Altman's affiliation with Channel 14 to membership in the Nazi party.
- Altman stated the comparison damages his honor and good name.
- The lawsuit was filed by attorney Shlomi Weinberg.
- A statement of defense has not yet been filed.
Yair Altman, the legal correspondent for Channel 14, who recently announced his departure from the network, is suing a Twitter user for NIS 50,000. The lawsuit stems from a tweet that compared Altman's affiliation with Channel 14 to membership in the Nazi party.
Altman stated that personal attacks against him for being at Channel 14, without consideration for his views, are not limited to close friends but extend to extended family. In response to Altman's comments about these attacks, the Twitter user quoted him and replaced "Channel 14" with "Nazi party."
Altman's lawsuit, filed through his attorney Shlomi Weinberg, argues that the comparison is not mere criticism of his journalistic work but a degrading personal comparison equating his work at Channel 14 with belonging to the Nazi party. Altman asserts that this comparison, with its severe historical and moral implications, damages his honor and good name, even within public and political discourse.
A statement of defense has not yet been filed.
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