ELECTION/LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump and his re-election campaign have threatened in a letter to sue CNN for what they said was the network falsely advertising itself as a news organization, calling on executives to first discuss an ‘appropriate resolution’ to the matter that would include a “substantial” payment to cover damages. The letter, dated Oct. 16 and made public on Friday, is the latest threat by Trump to sue a media organization over what he sees as unfair media coverage since launching his 2016 presidential campaign, although no lawsuits have been filed. ‘This is nothing more than a desperate PR stunt and doesn’t merit a response,’ a CNN spokesman said in an email. Rebecca Tushnet, a professor of false advertising law at Harvard Law School, said there was ‘no merit’ to the letter’s legal arguments and that she doubted a lawsuit would ever be filed.”
–Jan Wolfe, “Trump threatens to sue CNN, seeks ‘substantial’ payment over damages: letter,” Reuters, October 16, 2019 10:43 am