This week, a gubernatorial candidate filed a defamation lawsuit against a major news outlet and a private citizen. The suit will likely fail, but not before causing headaches for the defendants.
In September, CNN's Andrew Kaczynski reported that North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, currently the Republican nominee for governor, had made several bewildering and offensive comments over the years on the internet forum Nude Africa. According to the CNN report, Robinson—who is African American—yearned for the reinstitution of slavery, called himself "a black Nazi," and detailed his outré sexual practices and appetites.
