NPR journalist, Audie Cornish, is the most despicable, disgusting, evil, unprofessional and unethical journalist there ever was.
Without any background or knowledge about a subject, and a person who was being discussed on NPR's All Things Considered, Cornish made the decision to speak her mind and chimed in to make clear her comments that she knew the person who was being defamed, was a fraud.
With sly-sarcastic remarks, following none of NPR's 240,000 word Book of Ethics, by her remarks she initiated a social media mob mentality from NPR's demented listeners who trashed and tarnished the reputations of two humanitarians, a husband and wife, taking two good peoples lives, and destroying their reputations so badly, that the person who was being insulted by Cornish, had to be saved by his wife from hanging himself with a rope.
Emergency room visits, 2 suicide attempts, and being placed on serious anti-depressants, Audie Cornish reeked havoc upon 2 peoples lives, not just any 2 people, but a husband and wife who were trying to raise money to help other unfortunate people in 3rd world countries. ( see the film being produced about the lawsuit ) HERE>
Because of her unprofessional conduct and severe cynicism, Audie Cornish was responsible for destroying the lives of children from 3rd world countries who are victims of land-mine explosions.
Audie Cornish was clearly aware of the Charity Benefit concerts that were to help land-mine victims in 3rd world countries, the children, some who have no arms or legs must crawl on the ground, over 100 million people still don't own a wheelchair.
NPR defended Cornish and their first amendment right to be able to call the events a fraud, and destroyed the lives of many people.
Audie Cornish is not only a disgrace to her colleagues, but her own race. She went on insulting an "unknown" artist, whom she knew NOTHING about, then comparing them to her hero Kendrick Lamar, the artist that can only rhyme words with the word n****r, she stated in her obnoxious opinion that this artist, had "earned his success" and insulted two people who were trying to make a difference in the world.
The video in this link ( Wake Up People) > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcCSnbuhcpc
is the artist she insulted and defamed, this video proves without a doubt what these 2 people were doing and what they cared about, but Audie Cornish was so arrogant and bold in her insults and accusations, she took no time to know her subject, only to become a bah bah sheep and chime in with the other 2 imbeciles Andrew Flanagan and Jacob Ganz who were sued for 350 Million $.
The Yeagers had no choice but to defend themselves and try to repair the damage done. After 3 years and the courts denial to be heard because of unjust laws that protect the media from having the right to kill people and ruin their lives, Audie Cornish just turned her back and looked the other way.
For 3 years, Audie Cornish never had to integrity or audacity to stand up to her superiors for something she saw that was unjust, something that she participated in and caused, a woman like this deserves hell in her next life.
This is what we call a w***e. A sold out w***e like all the rest of the journalist at NPR who ALL were fully aware of the serious damages to peoples lives, and not a one, stood up for truth or justice.
The movie William Yeager v. NPR (4 part series) I understand, will be available on Netflix (IMDB) >https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10669906/ by the end of the year, we hope all Americans can get a glimpse of this trailer trash w***e when the film comes out.
Her is the background of the case, excerpts taken from the case files.
It is appalling.
For over 12 years the Yeagers desire was to one day be able to "help those who cannot help themselves."
In 2015 their story was produced into a feature film documentary called The Film That Changed The World. The Film won Most Inspirational Movie Award.
In 2016 the Yeagers were busy planning and organizing their charity benefit concerts that were to be held at an underground missile base located in Kansas. The music concert with a full 18 piece band orchestra, theater play, and film screening on the large 47 ton steel entrance door to the base was going to raise money for 10s of thousands of wheelchairs for landmine victims.
But in March 2017 National Public Radio destroyed the Yeagers entire lives. Emergency room visits, anti-depressants, post traumatic stress medications, the humiliation was extreme and Billy Yeager suffered severe depression; he lost over 30 pounds and tried to commit suicide.
The Yeagers are also activists; they create music protest videos, they are trying to raise awareness about the suffering and injustice that happens all over the world, but when NPR published their story about Billy Yeager, they destroyed his reputation calling him a fraud and a charlatan to over 14 million people across the world on their radio broadcast on All Things Considered. So effective was NPR's agenda and smear campaign that NPR's listeners compared Billy Yeager to Charles Manson.
NPR wasn't interested in the Yeagers' spiritual mission and message. NPR's journalist Andrew Flanagan who defamed Billy Yeager also mocked Jesus Christ on his Facebook posts, Laughing out Loud at Jesus' crucifixion/resurrection. Flanagan also mocked what is known as the sinners prayer, taking "come into my life" and changing it to something so obscene it could only be considered as blasphemy.
Instead, NPR heavily promotes Muslim artists and music, and when it comes time to write about Christianity and Christian music, NPR writes about Gay Christian music, or if NPR features a Christian story, it's about Christian sex, or Christian food such as Judas the traitor delicacies.
Flanagan was fully backed up and supported by his editorial managers, CEO, and NPR's own attorneys.
NPR's attorney Ashley Messenger corresponded with the Yeagers for over 3 weeks over the matter. NPR admitted their massive mistake but attempted to make light of it simply stating that they "misunderstood" them.
All board members and top executives at NPR were well aware of the Yeagers' charity concerts, mission and vision to help change the world. Anais also informed NPR about Billy's severe depression and suicide attempts, but as Billy and Anais's lives were falling apart leaving Billy in deeper depression, instead of removing the article, NPR gave permission for Ashley Messenger to leave on a 7 day vacation.
Messenger published a book about media law that teaches journalists little secrets such as "Think about who you are referencing in a negative light." A private person is far more likely to have a claim that a public figure. It can be hard to guess in advance." And "there are some affirmative defenses that can be raised to protect defendants from liability."
Not only did NPR not give Billy Yeager the opportunity to respond to the serious allegations, but when Yeager contacted NPR's legal team, NPR again violated Yeager's 1st Amendment Right and told him that his reply would not be published it if contained certain information. While NPR is fighting to defend their Freedom of Press, they censored Billy Yeager, and its not the first time NPR has censored an American Citizen's Freedom of Speech.
Instead of showing accountability, NPR used your American tax dollars to hire 3 attorneys against the Yeagers to defend their "freedom of the press" and their "right” to destroy the Yeagers lives.
Pouring gasoline on the fire, NPR's lead attorney on the case, David Bodney, also ridiculed the Yeagers mission, mocking the "divine intervention" in Billy’s life and calling him nothing more than a film flam artist in their motions.
To change the libel laws will take one very serious case of media injustice to be able to proceed to the Supreme Court.
This case is William Yeager v. National public radio.
NPR journalist (what a joke) Mary Louise Kelly ( I suppose with 3 names she thinks this makes her sound like an aristocrat) is a pathetic case of serious self masturbation in journalism.
But worse, Mary Louise Kelly is one of the medias BIGGEST HYPOCRITES when it comes to a) integrity b) courage c) ethics, d) professionalism
NPR journalist, Mary Louise Kelly was clearly aware of the serious damages caused by NPR's Ashley Messenger, Andrew Flanagan, Audie Cornish, Jarl Mohn and John Lansing, who destroyed the chances for children to receive wheelchairs. NPR destroyed the Charity Benefit concerts that were to help land-mine victims in 3rd world countries, the children, some who have no arms or legs must crawl on the ground, over 100 million people still don't own a wheelchair.
NPR defended their first amendment right to be able to call the events a fraud, and destroyed the lives of many people.
For over 3 years, Mary Louise Kelly never had to integrity or audacity to stand up to her superiors for something she saw that was severely cruel and unjust, like a coward she hid in a closet.
When it came time to defend her female colleagues however, she took up a torch like Joan of Ark "NPR's hero of the day," as if this was a daring challenge, to question her boss about trivial so called sexual advances ( flirting) trying to get people fired for harmless nothings.
Mary Louise is no mystery of character, she is exactly what her self picked promo photo for NPR represents, nothing more than a polished turd with a smirky, self-righteous s**t don't stink look, (something only her pathetic husband would think is sexy I am guessing?)
This is the type of girl in high school ( think back) who tries to be popular with everyone, she has the facade of looking like the model cheerleader, but on weekends drinks beer and gives the football players blow jobs in the locker rooms. Seriously, if you have been around, think about it, you can just read her past, a real s**t type, the kind that you could talk into licking your sisters you know what.
What real journalism has this woman done? Have you read her articles? All of them meaningless, trite trivial gossip news that belongs in the National Enquire.
We give this woman the award "NPR's s**t OF THE YEAR"
Congratulations Mary Louise Kelly.
Now find yourself a lawyer and sue me for defamation, HAHA LOL!
A journalist suing for libel, now thats funny as s**t!!!!!
FEEDOM OF THE PRESS, FREEDOM OF OPINION 1ST AMENDMENT b***h!
The 500 Million dollar Tort of Negligence Lawsuit Filed by William Yeager against National Public Radio's CEO John Lansing, NPR attorneys Jonathan Hart and Ashley Messenger includes several NPR journalists.
YEAGER v. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO et al EDITH CHAPIN, TERRI MINATRA, CHRISTOPHER TURPIN, ELIZABETH JENSEN, GREGORY A. LEWIS, PAUL HAAGA, JR., JONATHAN HART, MARK MEMMOT,
Case Number:1:2020cv00755
District of Columbia Washington DC- May 18, 2020.
William Yeager and his wife Anais are musicians, filmmakers, actors, activists and humanitarians. Billy Yeager is an Award Winning Songwriter, discovered by Bruce Hornsby back in 1991, Yeager went on to become an Award Winning Filmmaker, producing, directing and acting in his own films which are listed on IMDB. His famous aunt, Bunny Yeager shot the photography for his self produced record albums that were manufactured in limited pressings, Yeager's record albums produced in 1983- and 1985 were already considered collectable by certified record collecting magazines such as Goldmine, after Bunny Yeager passed away in 2014 Yeager's records became even more sought out by record collectors.
The documentary film called Billy Yeager the Ineffable Enigma was released in 2016. The feature film tells the story of Yeager's virtuoso eclectic music and film career while featuring many prominent record collectors from Germany and Japan.
In 2016 Yeager and his wife were involved with over 30 people ( musicians, stage managers, lights and sound crew, catering) preparing for the Yeager's What 4 For? Charity Benefit Concerts that was going to raise money to provide wheelchairs for land-mine victims.
In March 2017, a press release concerning the sale of a record album called 301 Jackson St. was received by NPR from the vinyl record collectors site called Discogs. The following day Discogs cancelled the transaction because they believed it to be fraudulent. Although the press release sent to NPR by Discogs did NOT accuse the plaintiff, in a matter of hours NPR negligently published and broadcast (to over 105 Million People) severe damaging, false defamatory statements (accusing the plaintiff of being a fraud) that incited extremely negative comments and insults from readers permanently damaging an innocent citizen (physical injury, harm to property, psychiatric illness, and economic loss.)
Because of the defamatory article and radio broadcast on NPR's All Things Considered who accused Yeager of being a "charlatan and huckster" the Yeager's Charity Concerts were destroyed.
Andrew Flanagan (the author of the defamatory article) had been hired by NPR only 3 months prior to destroying the plaintiff’s good reputation and 40 year career. Flanagan was fully aware of the plaintiff’s humanitarian work and benefit concerts that were to raise funds to provide wheelchairs for landmine victims in 3rd world countries. Flanagan was completely aware of this because this information was posted on the plaintiff and his wife’s Official websites such as www.billyyeager.com.
The news reached not only to millions of people across the world, but to the plaintiff’s own small hometown (population 900) where he and his wife reside.
Goldmine Magazine (http://www.goldminemag.com/) is the leading source for serious record collectors that was established back in 1974. Head Editor Dave Thompson was one of the 2 people Andrew Flanagan spoke to for his Article. Thompson was interviewed again for another investigative story regarding NPR's defamatory article just a couple of months after Andrew Flanagan's article was published. In this second interview Dave Thompson stated that: “The stories by NPR and Andrew Flanagan were written overnight, in fact, the Discogs’ email came in at 4:00 a.m., so the stories were written very, very, quickly, because I had the NPR one by 9:00 a.m. So yeah, they were done very quickly and probably ..., not making excuses, but you know, no time to contact anyone cause it was so early in the morning.”
In July 2017, Jarl Mohn and the rest of the defendants were informed about what NPR had done to the plaintiff. Not only did they all clearly know that what NPR had done to the plaintiff was seriously wrong, but also they were all aware of the critical state in which the plaintiff’s life and health was. In house attorney Ashley Messenger stated to the plaintiff that NPR was taking him very serious, but their actions prove that they never cared about what NPR had done wrong.
The plaintiff and his wife were in correspondence with NPR’s legal counsel Ashley Messenger for 3 weeks until the plaintiff decided to file his first lawsuit against NPR for defamation.
The lawsuit claims:
• The defendants knew and admitted members of NPR’s programming team had committed serious infractions and wrongful actions that had unjustly, negligently, recklessly, and maliciously injured the plaintiff, destroyed his (and his wife’s) reputation, and endangered his life.
• The defendants were aware (the plaintiff’s wife informed Ashley Messenger in long letters) that the plaintiff had attempted suicide due to NPR’s wrongful actions and he was under severe emotional distress and depression.
• The defendants did nothing to repair the damage and avoid any further harm; NPR even allowed Ashley Messenger to go on a 7 - day vacation in the middle of their communications, while the plaintiff's reputation and life were destroyed, and not a single person was assigned to be in contact with the plaintiff.
• Because of this the plaintiff’s health continued to deteriorate, his anguish and rage increased, and he suffered further injury.
• As of today the plaintiff continues to be under medical treatment for major depression, suicidal ideation, extreme mood swings, erratic risky behavior and desire to hurt himself and attack those who have abused him, humiliated him, caused him extreme pain, and stripped him
After 3 weeks of corespondence wrongful conduct was fully acknowledged by Ashley Messenger who changed NPR's position on the matter 360% and offered to "fix the situation" by offering the plaintiff to "write his own story" which was nothing more than a deceptive tactic. Messenger even stated that the plaintiff should tell NPR's readers about "you and your wife’s mission to change the world."
The lack of reasonable care and extreme degree of negligence exercised by NPR’s journalists and their superiors was extreme.
Neither the members of NPR’s journalistic and programming teams that participated in the defamatory article and broadcast against the plaintiff, nor the members of the management and corporate (senior leadership) team that were informed by Ashley Messenger (Senior Associate General Counsel) about the wrongful actions and errors committed by NPR’s Andrew Flanagan and Jacob Ganz (and their supervisors and editors) lived up to the most basic standards any media outlet must adhere to.
Flanagan and Ganz’s supervisors are liable for negligence and malpractice (professional negligence) because they failed to ensure the standards of NPR’s Code were met. The CEO and members from NPR’s legal counsel and corporate team are liable for negligence and malpractice (professional negligence) because they were fully aware that NPR had acted with recklessness (with "an extreme departure from the standards of investigation and reporting ordinarily adhered to by responsible publishers”) and that in consequence the plaintiff’s reputation, work, and benefit concerts had been destroyed and the plaintiff had been injured, and they failed to act as they were required by law.
Most jurisdictions say that there are four elements to a negligence action:
1. duty: the defendant has a duty to others, including the plaintiff, to exercise reasonable care,
2. breach: the defendant breaches that duty through an act or culpable omission, 3. damages: as a result of that act or omission, the plaintiff suffers an injury, and 4. causation: the injury to the plaintiff is a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the defendant's act or omission.
The case William Yeager v. NPR is also being produced into a film documentary. Listed on IMDB, the film features many prominent respected journalists. The film follows Yeager's journey to seek justice. The film is slated to be released by Netflix in late 2020.
NPR.org Reviews
NPR journalist, Audie Cornish, is the most despicable, disgusting, evil, unprofessional and unethical journalist there ever was.
Without any background or knowledge about a subject, and a person who was being discussed on NPR's All Things Considered, Cornish made the decision to speak her mind and chimed in to make clear her comments that she knew the person who was being defamed, was a fraud.
With sly-sarcastic remarks, following none of NPR's 240,000 word Book of Ethics, by her remarks she initiated a social media mob mentality from NPR's demented listeners who trashed and tarnished the reputations of two humanitarians, a husband and wife, taking two good peoples lives, and destroying their reputations so badly, that the person who was being insulted by Cornish, had to be saved by his wife from hanging himself with a rope.
Emergency room visits, 2 suicide attempts, and being placed on serious anti-depressants, Audie Cornish reeked havoc upon 2 peoples lives, not just any 2 people, but a husband and wife who were trying to raise money to help other unfortunate people in 3rd world countries. ( see the film being produced about the lawsuit ) HERE>
Because of her unprofessional conduct and severe cynicism, Audie Cornish was responsible for destroying the lives of children from 3rd world countries who are victims of land-mine explosions.
Audie Cornish was clearly aware of the Charity Benefit concerts that were to help land-mine victims in 3rd world countries, the children, some who have no arms or legs must crawl on the ground, over 100 million people still don't own a wheelchair.
NPR defended Cornish and their first amendment right to be able to call the events a fraud, and destroyed the lives of many people.
Audie Cornish is not only a disgrace to her colleagues, but her own race. She went on insulting an "unknown" artist, whom she knew NOTHING about, then comparing them to her hero Kendrick Lamar, the artist that can only rhyme words with the word n****r, she stated in her obnoxious opinion that this artist, had "earned his success" and insulted two people who were trying to make a difference in the world.
The video in this link ( Wake Up People) > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcCSnbuhcpc
is the artist she insulted and defamed, this video proves without a doubt what these 2 people were doing and what they cared about, but Audie Cornish was so arrogant and bold in her insults and accusations, she took no time to know her subject, only to become a bah bah sheep and chime in with the other 2 imbeciles Andrew Flanagan and Jacob Ganz who were sued for 350 Million $.
The Yeagers had no choice but to defend themselves and try to repair the damage done. After 3 years and the courts denial to be heard because of unjust laws that protect the media from having the right to kill people and ruin their lives, Audie Cornish just turned her back and looked the other way.
For 3 years, Audie Cornish never had to integrity or audacity to stand up to her superiors for something she saw that was unjust, something that she participated in and caused, a woman like this deserves hell in her next life.
This is what we call a w***e. A sold out w***e like all the rest of the journalist at NPR who ALL were fully aware of the serious damages to peoples lives, and not a one, stood up for truth or justice.
The movie William Yeager v. NPR (4 part series) I understand, will be available on Netflix (IMDB) >https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10669906/ by the end of the year, we hope all Americans can get a glimpse of this trailer trash w***e when the film comes out.
Her is the background of the case, excerpts taken from the case files.
It is appalling.
For over 12 years the Yeagers desire was to one day be able to "help those who cannot help themselves."
In 2015 their story was produced into a feature film documentary called The Film That Changed The World. The Film won Most Inspirational Movie Award.
In 2016 the Yeagers were busy planning and organizing their charity benefit concerts that were to be held at an underground missile base located in Kansas. The music concert with a full 18 piece band orchestra, theater play, and film screening on the large 47 ton steel entrance door to the base was going to raise money for 10s of thousands of wheelchairs for landmine victims.
But in March 2017 National Public Radio destroyed the Yeagers entire lives. Emergency room visits, anti-depressants, post traumatic stress medications, the humiliation was extreme and Billy Yeager suffered severe depression; he lost over 30 pounds and tried to commit suicide.
The Yeagers are also activists; they create music protest videos, they are trying to raise awareness about the suffering and injustice that happens all over the world, but when NPR published their story about Billy Yeager, they destroyed his reputation calling him a fraud and a charlatan to over 14 million people across the world on their radio broadcast on All Things Considered. So effective was NPR's agenda and smear campaign that NPR's listeners compared Billy Yeager to Charles Manson.
NPR wasn't interested in the Yeagers' spiritual mission and message. NPR's journalist Andrew Flanagan who defamed Billy Yeager also mocked Jesus Christ on his Facebook posts, Laughing out Loud at Jesus' crucifixion/resurrection. Flanagan also mocked what is known as the sinners prayer, taking "come into my life" and changing it to something so obscene it could only be considered as blasphemy.
Instead, NPR heavily promotes Muslim artists and music, and when it comes time to write about Christianity and Christian music, NPR writes about Gay Christian music, or if NPR features a Christian story, it's about Christian sex, or Christian food such as Judas the traitor delicacies.
Flanagan was fully backed up and supported by his editorial managers, CEO, and NPR's own attorneys.
NPR's attorney Ashley Messenger corresponded with the Yeagers for over 3 weeks over the matter. NPR admitted their massive mistake but attempted to make light of it simply stating that they "misunderstood" them.
All board members and top executives at NPR were well aware of the Yeagers' charity concerts, mission and vision to help change the world. Anais also informed NPR about Billy's severe depression and suicide attempts, but as Billy and Anais's lives were falling apart leaving Billy in deeper depression, instead of removing the article, NPR gave permission for Ashley Messenger to leave on a 7 day vacation.
Messenger published a book about media law that teaches journalists little secrets such as "Think about who you are referencing in a negative light." A private person is far more likely to have a claim that a public figure. It can be hard to guess in advance." And "there are some affirmative defenses that can be raised to protect defendants from liability."
Not only did NPR not give Billy Yeager the opportunity to respond to the serious allegations, but when Yeager contacted NPR's legal team, NPR again violated Yeager's 1st Amendment Right and told him that his reply would not be published it if contained certain information. While NPR is fighting to defend their Freedom of Press, they censored Billy Yeager, and its not the first time NPR has censored an American Citizen's Freedom of Speech.
Instead of showing accountability, NPR used your American tax dollars to hire 3 attorneys against the Yeagers to defend their "freedom of the press" and their "right” to destroy the Yeagers lives.
Pouring gasoline on the fire, NPR's lead attorney on the case, David Bodney, also ridiculed the Yeagers mission, mocking the "divine intervention" in Billy’s life and calling him nothing more than a film flam artist in their motions.
To change the libel laws will take one very serious case of media injustice to be able to proceed to the Supreme Court.
This case is William Yeager v. National public radio.
Watch the videos, NPR is pure EVIL.
NPR journalist (what a joke) Mary Louise Kelly ( I suppose with 3 names she thinks this makes her sound like an aristocrat) is a pathetic case of serious self masturbation in journalism.
But worse, Mary Louise Kelly is one of the medias BIGGEST HYPOCRITES when it comes to a) integrity b) courage c) ethics, d) professionalism
NPR journalist, Mary Louise Kelly was clearly aware of the serious damages caused by NPR's Ashley Messenger, Andrew Flanagan, Audie Cornish, Jarl Mohn and John Lansing, who destroyed the chances for children to receive wheelchairs. NPR destroyed the Charity Benefit concerts that were to help land-mine victims in 3rd world countries, the children, some who have no arms or legs must crawl on the ground, over 100 million people still don't own a wheelchair.
NPR defended their first amendment right to be able to call the events a fraud, and destroyed the lives of many people.
For over 3 years, Mary Louise Kelly never had to integrity or audacity to stand up to her superiors for something she saw that was severely cruel and unjust, like a coward she hid in a closet.
When it came time to defend her female colleagues however, she took up a torch like Joan of Ark "NPR's hero of the day," as if this was a daring challenge, to question her boss about trivial so called sexual advances ( flirting) trying to get people fired for harmless nothings.
Mary Louise is no mystery of character, she is exactly what her self picked promo photo for NPR represents, nothing more than a polished turd with a smirky, self-righteous s**t don't stink look, (something only her pathetic husband would think is sexy I am guessing?)
This is the type of girl in high school ( think back) who tries to be popular with everyone, she has the facade of looking like the model cheerleader, but on weekends drinks beer and gives the football players blow jobs in the locker rooms. Seriously, if you have been around, think about it, you can just read her past, a real s**t type, the kind that you could talk into licking your sisters you know what.
What real journalism has this woman done? Have you read her articles? All of them meaningless, trite trivial gossip news that belongs in the National Enquire.
We give this woman the award "NPR's s**t OF THE YEAR"
Congratulations Mary Louise Kelly.
Now find yourself a lawyer and sue me for defamation, HAHA LOL!
A journalist suing for libel, now thats funny as s**t!!!!!
FEEDOM OF THE PRESS, FREEDOM OF OPINION 1ST AMENDMENT b***h!
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The 500 Million dollar Tort of Negligence Lawsuit Filed by William Yeager against National Public Radio's CEO John Lansing, NPR attorneys Jonathan Hart and Ashley Messenger includes several NPR journalists.
YEAGER v. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO et al EDITH CHAPIN, TERRI MINATRA, CHRISTOPHER TURPIN, ELIZABETH JENSEN, GREGORY A. LEWIS, PAUL HAAGA, JR., JONATHAN HART, MARK MEMMOT,
Case Number:1:2020cv00755
District of Columbia Washington DC- May 18, 2020.
William Yeager and his wife Anais are musicians, filmmakers, actors, activists and humanitarians. Billy Yeager is an Award Winning Songwriter, discovered by Bruce Hornsby back in 1991, Yeager went on to become an Award Winning Filmmaker, producing, directing and acting in his own films which are listed on IMDB. His famous aunt, Bunny Yeager shot the photography for his self produced record albums that were manufactured in limited pressings, Yeager's record albums produced in 1983- and 1985 were already considered collectable by certified record collecting magazines such as Goldmine, after Bunny Yeager passed away in 2014 Yeager's records became even more sought out by record collectors.
The documentary film called Billy Yeager the Ineffable Enigma was released in 2016. The feature film tells the story of Yeager's virtuoso eclectic music and film career while featuring many prominent record collectors from Germany and Japan.
In 2016 Yeager and his wife were involved with over 30 people ( musicians, stage managers, lights and sound crew, catering) preparing for the Yeager's What 4 For? Charity Benefit Concerts that was going to raise money to provide wheelchairs for land-mine victims.
In March 2017, a press release concerning the sale of a record album called 301 Jackson St. was received by NPR from the vinyl record collectors site called Discogs. The following day Discogs cancelled the transaction because they believed it to be fraudulent. Although the press release sent to NPR by Discogs did NOT accuse the plaintiff, in a matter of hours NPR negligently published and broadcast (to over 105 Million People) severe damaging, false defamatory statements (accusing the plaintiff of being a fraud) that incited extremely negative comments and insults from readers permanently damaging an innocent citizen (physical injury, harm to property, psychiatric illness, and economic loss.)
Because of the defamatory article and radio broadcast on NPR's All Things Considered who accused Yeager of being a "charlatan and huckster" the Yeager's Charity Concerts were destroyed.
Andrew Flanagan (the author of the defamatory article) had been hired by NPR only 3 months prior to destroying the plaintiff’s good reputation and 40 year career. Flanagan was fully aware of the plaintiff’s humanitarian work and benefit concerts that were to raise funds to provide wheelchairs for landmine victims in 3rd world countries. Flanagan was completely aware of this because this information was posted on the plaintiff and his wife’s Official websites such as www.billyyeager.com.
The news reached not only to millions of people across the world, but to the plaintiff’s own small hometown (population 900) where he and his wife reside.
Goldmine Magazine (http://www.goldminemag.com/) is the leading source for serious record collectors that was established back in 1974. Head Editor Dave Thompson was one of the 2 people Andrew Flanagan spoke to for his Article. Thompson was interviewed again for another investigative story regarding NPR's defamatory article just a couple of months after Andrew Flanagan's article was published. In this second interview Dave Thompson stated that: “The stories by NPR and Andrew Flanagan were written overnight, in fact, the Discogs’ email came in at 4:00 a.m., so the stories were written very, very, quickly, because I had the NPR one by 9:00 a.m. So yeah, they were done very quickly and probably ..., not making excuses, but you know, no time to contact anyone cause it was so early in the morning.”
In July 2017, Jarl Mohn and the rest of the defendants were informed about what NPR had done to the plaintiff. Not only did they all clearly know that what NPR had done to the plaintiff was seriously wrong, but also they were all aware of the critical state in which the plaintiff’s life and health was. In house attorney Ashley Messenger stated to the plaintiff that NPR was taking him very serious, but their actions prove that they never cared about what NPR had done wrong.
The plaintiff and his wife were in correspondence with NPR’s legal counsel Ashley Messenger for 3 weeks until the plaintiff decided to file his first lawsuit against NPR for defamation.
The lawsuit claims:
• The defendants knew and admitted members of NPR’s programming team had committed serious infractions and wrongful actions that had unjustly, negligently, recklessly, and maliciously injured the plaintiff, destroyed his (and his wife’s) reputation, and endangered his life.
• The defendants were aware (the plaintiff’s wife informed Ashley Messenger in long letters) that the plaintiff had attempted suicide due to NPR’s wrongful actions and he was under severe emotional distress and depression.
• The defendants did nothing to repair the damage and avoid any further harm; NPR even allowed Ashley Messenger to go on a 7 - day vacation in the middle of their communications, while the plaintiff's reputation and life were destroyed, and not a single person was assigned to be in contact with the plaintiff.
• Because of this the plaintiff’s health continued to deteriorate, his anguish and rage increased, and he suffered further injury.
• As of today the plaintiff continues to be under medical treatment for major depression, suicidal ideation, extreme mood swings, erratic risky behavior and desire to hurt himself and attack those who have abused him, humiliated him, caused him extreme pain, and stripped him
After 3 weeks of corespondence wrongful conduct was fully acknowledged by Ashley Messenger who changed NPR's position on the matter 360% and offered to "fix the situation" by offering the plaintiff to "write his own story" which was nothing more than a deceptive tactic. Messenger even stated that the plaintiff should tell NPR's readers about "you and your wife’s mission to change the world."
The lack of reasonable care and extreme degree of negligence exercised by NPR’s journalists and their superiors was extreme.
Neither the members of NPR’s journalistic and programming teams that participated in the defamatory article and broadcast against the plaintiff, nor the members of the management and corporate (senior leadership) team that were informed by Ashley Messenger (Senior Associate General Counsel) about the wrongful actions and errors committed by NPR’s Andrew Flanagan and Jacob Ganz (and their supervisors and editors) lived up to the most basic standards any media outlet must adhere to.
Flanagan and Ganz’s supervisors are liable for negligence and malpractice (professional negligence) because they failed to ensure the standards of NPR’s Code were met. The CEO and members from NPR’s legal counsel and corporate team are liable for negligence and malpractice (professional negligence) because they were fully aware that NPR had acted with recklessness (with "an extreme departure from the standards of investigation and reporting ordinarily adhered to by responsible publishers”) and that in consequence the plaintiff’s reputation, work, and benefit concerts had been destroyed and the plaintiff had been injured, and they failed to act as they were required by law.
Most jurisdictions say that there are four elements to a negligence action:
1. duty: the defendant has a duty to others, including the plaintiff, to exercise reasonable care,
2. breach: the defendant breaches that duty through an act or culpable omission, 3. damages: as a result of that act or omission, the plaintiff suffers an injury, and 4. causation: the injury to the plaintiff is a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the defendant's act or omission.
The case William Yeager v. NPR is also being produced into a film documentary. Listed on IMDB, the film features many prominent respected journalists. The film follows Yeager's journey to seek justice. The film is slated to be released by Netflix in late 2020.
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Producer director Damon Blalack and Gary Brice