Note that this was settled by NBCUniversal. Yes, they're spinning MSNBC off, but they haven't sold it yet.
NBC defamation settlement with Georgia doctor finalized in court following MSNBC's 'uterus collector' coverage
Dr. Mahendra Amin sued NBCUniversal for $30 million over coverage by MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Chris Hayes
NBCUniversal has finalized its defamation settlement with a Georgia doctor who was repeatedly called a "uterus collector" by MSNBC.
NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News and MSNBC (the latter is currently being spun off as a separate company), settled the $30 million lawsuit filed by Georgia gynecologist Dr. Mahendra Amin. Amin who was the subject of a report claiming he performed unnecessary hysterectomies at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center.
Both parties struck the settlement in February, but the lawsuit was officially dismissed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. The terms of the settlement were not publicly disclosed.
"We are pleased that Dr. Amin is able to move on from his years-long litigation against NBCUniversal," Amin's attorneys, Stacey Evans and Scott Grubman, told Fox News Digital. "It is unfortunate that he had to sue to get confirmation of what was known all along--that he did not perform mass hysterectomies on women detained at Irwin County Detention Center. We are glad that the judge found those statements false as a matter of law because, in fact, Dr. Amin performed only two hysterectomies, both of which were medically necessary and consented to by the patients."
"Dr. Amin is a dedicated physician who has dedicated his entire career to serving underserved communities. The recklessness of NBCUniversal to try to paint him as an evil doctor was disgusting and we are glad they finally settled the case," they added.
Representatives from NBCUniversal and MSNBC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Of course not. One again, the leftwing media teaches us the right response to media inquiries-- silence and stonewalling. Give them nothing.
Everyone, take notice, NBC "News" is telling you what to do when "journalists" email you: Tell them to f*** off with all deliberate speed.
Amin was the subject of an NBC News article in September 2020, which cited a whistleblower's claim that he was performing unneeded hysterectomies while providing medical care to women detained at the Irwin County Detention Center.
MSNBC quickly followed with a series of on-air reports on "Deadline: White House," "All In with Chris Hayes" and "The Rachel Maddow Show," all running with the "uterus collector" label for Amin.
Amin filed a lawsuit against parent company NBCUniversal, alleging he was falsely portrayed as "an abusive, unethical, and dishonest physician who treated and operated on immigrant women in an abusive fashion, without consent, and motivated by profit instead of quality healthcare."
Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the Southern District of Georgia previously ruled that a jury could reasonably find actual malice and the trial was set to begin April 22, in Waycross, Georgia. In light of the settlement agreement, the court canceled the scheduled trial.
Why would they have to prove actual malice?
"NBC investigated the whistleblower letter's accusations; that investigation did not corroborate the accusations and even undermined some; NBC republished the letter's accusations anyway," Judge Wood wrote last year in a 108-page summary.
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Judge Wood previously ruled that multiple statements were proven false, noting "undisputed evidence has established" that "there were no mass hysterectomies or high numbers of hysterectomies at the facility," "Dr. Amin performed only two hysterectomies on female detainees from the ICDC," and the doctor is not a "uterus collector."
By the way, only Fox and conservative outlets are covering this. The Protection Racket Media that claims to be Servants of the Truth who report the facts without fear or favor are, get this, suppressing the story.
What do you call an industry that covers up for known bad actors in that industry?
You'd call that industry "corrupt" and in need of congressional investigation, wouldn't you?
Below, Megyn Kelly discusses this latest proof of the media's utter corruption, derangement, and viciousness.
She plays audio of Maddow claiming, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, that this doctor with a good record is a Mengele-esque "uterus collector" stealing the sex organs of immigrant women at 1:04.
Stu Begere (?) makes the point that the media no longer even pretends to verify the defamations they run for hate-views. He says their only standard of "journalism" is "do I want this to be true or not?"
Obviously, they wanted to do a hit piece on ICE, so it was True In Spirit.
Also, of course, barely anyone watches them any longer and the only reason their braindead savage viewers watch at all is precisely for this kind of red-meat WITHOUT EVIDENCE conspiracy theory slander.
Remember when Rachel Maddow claimed that a gay man who was found dead must have been murdered by right-wing Bush-supporting bigots? He had committed suicide -- but Rachel got all sorts of high ratings for vomiting up her WITHOUT EVIDENCE conspiracy theories.
Fear, panic, and conspiracy theories are her brand. Remember when this BlueAnon Queen of Conspiracies pumped up leftwing neuroticism (and her own ratings) by hallucinating a Russian attack in the US energy grid?
Right in the middle of a polar vortex, to better chill her viewers' blood and get Panic Views.