Project Veritas Sues The New York Times For Defamation Over Labeling Our Videos “Deceptive,” “Coordinated Disinformation,” Using Solely “Unidentified Sources,” And “No Verifiable Evidence.”

Project Veritas – October 30, 2020

[WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y.—Oct. 30, 2020] The founder and CEO of Project Veritas announced today his journalism outfit intends to sue The New York Times reporters Maggie Astor, Tiffany Hsu and their paper for defamation after failed negotiations.

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Special Rapporteur on Torture’s Report to UN General Assembly Indicts Human Self-Interest | Activist Post

Activist Post – October 26, 2020 | By Janet Phelan

In his report to the General Assembly of the UN on October 15, Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer delivered an incisive and damning indictment of the human propensity for self-deception and denial, citing these attributes as contributing to the prevalence of torture. He discussed how these innate propensities paved the way for denial that torture was taking place and for compartmentalization of one’s own participation in hurting other people. While applauding the normative structure of society and law in terms of “official” prohibitions against torture, Melzer unequivocally stated that these structures were not sufficient in stopping torture, given the human tendency towards self-interest and self-protection, and discussed how this tendency rears up in fear-based societies.

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