Lawyer Responds: John Oliver SLAPPs Back? (Real Law Review)

[@LegalEagle]

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[@sw204me]

Your zoom in and zoom out cuts are really distracting. Just have one zoom level and leave it, we're hear to listen to you, we don't need cuts for no reason that just distracts us.

[@benzaiten933]

I'd have LOVED to hear your legal thoughts about all the insane things John Oliver said about Bob Murray in his song and dance number. for instant, is it not actually illegal to not like Tom Hanks?

[@schwann145]

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[@papagotbigtoes3344]

Are you actually required to confirm who you are to be served? Why are there always movie scenes of someone dressed as a pizza man serving subpoenas

[@kason8002]

Can I use promo code Legal Eagle in store? or only online?

[@ThaEzzy]

Let's not forget Bob Murray is also the guy who forged a bunch of rings in Mordor, gave them out as charity, then sued the recipients for their souls.

[@jojotheswede8444]

lmao, you win

[@wildfire9280]

Oh of course only the Elves could afford to fight it.

[@rhunter42dragon]

I wish I could like this comment 42 times.

[@supremelysmokeypotatotowel7934]

Bob Murray? That's the guy who burned the library of Alexandria, isn't he?

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

Oh NOW I'm mad.

[@Meshakhad]

That monster...

[@MarkusMahlberg]

Yes. Twice.

[@jurgenparkour9337]

@JediFlavored Soap he was Cosby's drug suppliar and Jeffery Epstein's prison guard!

[@HandthatRockstWorld]

He created 2000 Google accounts to downvote this video 2000 times!!!

[@OtrTrash]

Wasn't Bob Murray the guy who disguised himself as a sting ray and stabbed Steve Irwin?

[@TheBoxingCannabyte]

That was me. Stingrays and i see eye-to-eye on a lot

[@kimaboe]

He was not, but he was definitely the guy who framed John Wilkes Booth for the murder of Abraham Lincoln.

[@emmyrobertson7578]

I know that he clubs seals as a hobby

[@kimaboe]

@@emmyrobertson7578 If he could only stick to clubbing them, but I think we all know the truth is much more disgusting. And he only does it to the babies!

[@noelhann5262]

Thats EXACTLY who he's talking about

[@jamesfitz1227]

It pisses me off that Bob Murray is unphased by his role in the sacking of Rome in 410 A.D

[@BlueFlowwer]

Don't forget his second sacking of Rome in 1526. It still pisses me off that history puts the blame on Charles, Duke of Bourbon. Hmmp!

[@ncrranger3529]

@@BlueFlowwer I know

[@EverTheTwain]

unfazed too

[@EverTheTwain]

it wasn't a 10-minute song-and-dance it was more like 5 or 6 minutes just sayin mister attorney

[@SaguaroBlossom]

And he totally started the crusades too.

[@Trag1cVision]

I distinctly remember learning in school history lessons that Bob Murray started the Great Fire of London.

[@blackvial]

Which one? London has burned several times.

[@CalgarGTX]

@@blackvial All of them

[@kannonball5789]

He also burned the Library of Alexandria.

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

And the fire on UnLondon

[@davidcounter4866]

No - it was bubonic plague :)

[@mac4668]

Bob Murray? I remember him, he's the guy that killed Lincoln.

[@addylenwest8536]

Mac John Wilkes murray was his name

[@jeffreytoman5202]

Dammit. I was gonna use that one...

[@FroggyMosh]

And he was JFK's first and second gunman.

[@WonderLady]

That’s the one

[@vincegay986]

I’ve hated Bob Murray, ever since I saw him kill Julius Caesar.

[@mjkrh]

Ave! True to Caesar

[@vincegay986]

Mayu Jog My bad. I meant to say Sid Caesar XXIV, a comedian on the Massilitanum Belt, and host of Your Chariot Races of Chariot Races.

[@bubbybrothethird5369]

Ave, are you ready to traverse the Colorado river?

[@gamerguy425]

ET TU, BOB?!?

[@SRosenberg203]

@@bubbybrothethird5369 NCR Forever!

[@indylockheart3082]

I remember Bob Murray. Isn't he the guy that campaigned for congress on the platform of legalizing human/ferret sexual relationships but still claimed to despise bestiality

[@absentcoder4552]

No, that was Rudy Giuliani. Bob Murray was the guy who wanted to legalize Human/Squirrel relationships.

[@T4XFRAUD]

No, you're thinking of Ron DeSantis. Bob Murray was the guy that publicly admitted to slathering his genitals in peanut butter before his visits to animal shelters

[@sadiestrike9069]

​@@T4XFRAUD Damn Bob Murray? Wasn't that the guy that ate actual squirrel shit?

[@paulshaffer1541]

Yeah.

[@crosssection6289]

​@@absentcoder4552// nicccçce 😂

[@bryanekers3472]

Bob Murray borrowed my lawn mower and returned it all banged up after he'd used it to murder the cast of "Sesame Street."

[@grannysweet]

Dark😂👍😎🐶

[@lookihaveausernametoo4231]

At least you got it back

[@trishapellis]

@@lookihaveausernametoo4231 Now he can sue you for murder... you have the murder weapon

[@Joesolo13]

Yea you win

[@Travelinmatt1976]

did he at least put gas in it? Probably not

[@1fanoforange]

Bob Murray? That guy broke into my house and ate my son!

[@cbarona42]

Bob Murray? Didn't he invent a time machine just so he could murder the dinosaurs and turn them into fossil fuels?

[@Chaoticplushie]

He poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague onto our houses!

[@dr.floridamanphd]

He pissed on my cat while taking a dump on my dog’s head!

[@riotbreaker3506]

@@Chaoticplushie he did??

[@Mictla155]

Bob eats babies.

[@Firehawk376]

It's worth noting that John Oliver's victory dance was a rather thinly veiled message from HBO along the lines of "You cost us a few hundred thousand dollars. We're willing to put that much again into mocking you for it. We can do this all day. Can you?"

[@jdatlas4668]

And that's an important message - it shouldn't be necessary, but if one can afford it (which really shouldn't be a bar to being able to say true things people don't like) showing they won't be deterred is important lest the next guy thinks they can actually silence you by making it costly to criticise them.

[@invisiblekid99]

@@jdatlas4668 yeah it’s the flaw in the us system compared to the uk that while “I lost, at least you still have to pay for your legal fees” but doing this shows that “yeah, we don’t care so don’t for one minute think you’ve won in any way, ya ****”

[@88porpoise]

And as a bonus "Eat Shit Bob the Musical" won one Emmy (for editing) and a second nomination (for Original Music and Lyrics).

[@EverTheTwain]

@@88porpoise I think it should have won for the barbershop quartet part alone

[@shawnshurtz9147]

One of the greatest endings ever.

[@obviously1871]

haven't heard bob murray's name since the time he killed batman's parents

[@loganrobson8624]

I haven’t heard his name since he made the movie cuties

[@VigilanteAgumon]

He also blew up Krypton

[@BarefootLibrarian]

I thought it was Alderaan he blew up?

[@hawkeye5955]

@@speurtighearnamacterik8230 : Bob Murray was actually plotting with the dolphins to overthrow the human race.

[@milantoth6246]

@@hawkeye5955 Isn’t murray also the guy with the mustache who lead germany in the 30-40s?

[@alicestocklistockli8394]

Isn’t bob Murray the guy who started the Australian forest fires?

[@hazukichanx408]

Officially, he said he was just out there lighting up his farts, but he knew damn well what would happen when he did.

[@PROPAROXITONO]

yes, he also used his dragons to start the amazon rainforest fires too, here in Brazil

[@kaiwetlesen9114]

He said the same thing about Santa Rosa, the guy has some pretty flammable flatus!

[@tourmelion9221]

@@PROPAROXITONO he also gave my bf malaria while he was there

[@swine13]

Bob Murray is actually the head of #koalakiller's advisory board.

[@ed3bn936]

Bob Murray? Isn't he the guy who killed John's Wick dog and secretly assassinated his wife?

[@timothymcbride5092]

definitely, Definitely killed John Wick's dog. I'm telling ...

[@TheBoxingCannabyte]

Oh give me a break! That was Theon Greyjoy! Wick took his log cabin and his whiskey barrels

[@Vexas345]

There's a nonzero percent chance he was responsible for giving her cancer or something at least.

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

No, Bob Murray was the guy in the second movie that had john wick kill his sister

[@jessieannnicole7189]

Correct

[@mariahammarstrom7934]

On his 50th birthday, Bob Murray shot the archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, starting the first world war, and then blamed Gavrilo Princip for it.

[@archermykyl6187]

Funniest comment here

[@Gchum]

M .

[@Gabronthe]

Bob Murray is the guy who diverted the Parade right to Garvrilo.

[@ivanpatarcic73]

That actually was in the song. "He murdered archduke Ferdinand and started WW1"

[@The_ZeroLine]

Lmao

[@Galaar]

Bob Murray? I remember him, he's the guy that organized the riot in the Capitol building.

[@Juanofthedead92]

yeah he also founded the kkk

[@americanbookdragon]

@@Juanofthedead92 Bob Murray? Isn't he that vampire that had also helped murder Julius Caesar?

[@tobblesmash6193]

Nah that funny enough was his best friend..

[@xXx_Azulover69]

The fact that Bob Murray died months before the riot makes this comment better

[@JCK2005]

He also helped Osama Bin Laden with the 9/11 attacks.

[@thomasknapp6434]

Yeah, I remember Bob Murray. I watched that dude assassinate John Kennedy the night before the motorcade in Dallas.

[@eazy8579]

I was there when he told Mussolini to take up politics

[@TheAlexSchmidt]

So Kennedy was dead in the limo the whole time?

[@TheJerbol]

The night before? Lmao

[@Daffydubs]

Yeah they tied stings to him an used blood caps to make it look legit lol

[@richdibo]

No, that was Ted Cruz's dad.

[@tracychristenson177]

Wasn't Bob Murray on trial for witchcraft in Salem, the only one among the accused who actually had an unholy pact with the devil, and that he escaped execution by traveling through time to modern times at the expense of his immortal soul?

[@robertnett9793]

Time Travel! Yes. That checks out. Word is he was in Hawaii celebrating something with fireworks and a lightshow in the early morning hours of Dec 7th 1941... but also that he was in Dallas in late November 1963...

[@Listening_Books12345]

That's the guy!

[@bjornodin]

I believe you're right!

[@josephschultz3301]

Tracy, it's not often that I can say somebody hit the nail right on the head, but if you were any more correct here than I might be forced to accuse you of omniscience.

[@rhunter42dragon]

Sounds plausible to me.

[@serioussam27]

I live in Germany, and for the longest time I genuinely thought that "getting you attorney fees back after winning a case" is the norm in the western world. Oh how naive I was...

[@zoravar.k7904]

That's why the US is so litigious. People can simply bully others with lawsuits they cannot afford to defend, just to get their pound of flesh.

[@mattpreece6106]

I am British .. I assumed that too ... if you are poor you have no human rights because you can't afford to defend them

[@Belioyt]

You all forget American Exceptionalism. Universal Healthcare and Social Security is also a norm in the Western world

[@cake_knight183]

The US is backwards and broken in a lot of ways. Education, laws, healthcare, take your pick.

[@p.jmurray8700]

British person here, yeah I legitimately thought that is something normal for a democratic and free society. You know the thing America is so fervent about bragging about and "spreading" about the world. *Cough* by invading them *Cough* (Don't get me wrong uk is no angel either right now so don't use that against me)

[@ericfleming5522]

Came to voice my support for anti-SLAPP laws, stayed for the *outstanding* comments.

[@catdragon2584]

Bob Murray may be dead now, but pointing out that he shot puppies out of cannons and cut off Van Gogh’s ear ain’t getting old any time soon

[@colbyvelez9704]

You and me both lmao

[@josephschultz3301]

They're some of the best. The comments on John's videos are outstanding too. Love how dedicated all of you guys and gals are

[@Shinbu1128]

Honestly, my main takeaway from the song is "go ahead and sue us again. Look at how much money we spent just to tell you to eat shit. *You can't hurt us."*

[@lisahenry20]

I got the message "you thought you could make us waste money on a lawsuit? Jokes on you, we waste that dragon money every week!"

[@DoctorTokyoSexWhale]

@@lisahenry20 Gotta love that sweet, sweet dragon money

[@markreynolds1436]

Dragon Money 😂😂😂😂

[@0Clewi0]

"You can't make us waste more money than we ourself already do, as evidence we present this large amount of raisins that we threw to the floor because no one likes raisins cookies." PS: I do like raisins cookies but they're inferior from other non-fruit options.

[@multiapokalipsa]

And also that the lawsuits won't stop Oliver from damaging Bobs PR. Oliver said a bunch of bad stuff about Bob, Bob sewed to try to silence them, Bob lost, and Oliver is, again, out and saying even more bad stuff about Bob, fueled by the slap suit. If Bobs goal was to silence them, he just rolled a 1

[@treehugers1000]

Bob Murray? That’s the guy who stored his dangerous chemicals in a warehouse with unsafe conditions in Beirut.

[@TheBoxingCannabyte]

No that was Kramer and Newman. Technically Newman's farts

[@gamerguy9729]

No I think he put some guys on a plane in 2001

[@AH-be6bu]

Nah this one's actually too believable.

[@akilau]

Too soon

[@treehugers1000]

@@akilau sorry ♥️

[@777_inca]

yeah I remember Bob Murray, he ate the corpse of Abraham Lincoln and yelled out loud in the middle of Gettysburg, “SLAVERY IS ALLOWED AGAIN!”

[@knuckl6972]

What a bastard

[@erikkennedy8725]

I’m so glad HBO keeps standing up for John Oliver. I can just imagine every week, their lawyers say, “Wait, he did what?!”

[@redpandamurphy]

Just cuts to the fish from SpongeBob saying "You whaaaat?"

[@LapsedPacifist79]

Pretty sure they run everything by them first. I read in an interview they’re at turns frustrated then impressed by John’s team.

[@Otakucris]

by now it'd be more like "now what?"

[@ALu-nq8rf]

He rakes in many many views

[@Seytom]

I guarantee you that hearing about the most recent thing John Oliver did is the best part of those attorneys' days.

[@Rdasboss]

Freedom and Justice for those that can afford it.

[@MercSet1]

That's just the cost of capitalism ...

[@moralhazard8652]

@@MercSet1 Under what general political/economical system would you have better freedom and justice as a poor person? (the existing anti-slapp laws work within capitalism too btw)

[@KnightSwordAG]

@@moralhazard8652 Well, the British system of who pays for attorneys as Legal Eagle points out does outline one such alternative. That is an antithetical scenario to capitalism since the individual value of an attorney's labor is dependent on the circumstances of a legal decision. The marketplace doesn't independently set the attorney's price, the legal system does.

[@arueshalaetablebuildingsociety]

@@moralhazard8652 What you are reacting to and what the comment before you are reacting to are two different concepts. Free Market Capitalism, as in, capitalism under markets of small businesses without massive consolidated-corporate dominance, is one of the best economic and political systems for ensuring social mobility and fairness. But the current system of "Capitalism", as a purely money-and-influence based economy controlled by what can be considered to be a plutocratic corporate oligarchy creating regional, geographic monopolies, is not. I'm talking about issues like only having two ISPs over the entire US; everyone else is a subsidiary (or Google, but Google Fiber has been struggling with the immense, anticompetitie duopolistic influence of Charter and AT&T). I am talking about Time Warner Cable and Comcast admitting to the Regional Allocation of Markets on live television and not being broken up for violating the very first clause of the Sherman Antitrust Act, which explicitly prevents that.

[@brynawaldman5790]

Government of the rich by the rich and for the rich. SCOTUS helped it happen with interpretations of legislation that gave corporations imbalanced power, and by deciding that money is a form of free speech (which means 1%ers have waaaay more free speech than the rest of us). The electorate doesn't help when only about 50% of us turn out, even for presidential elections (the voting power of the Trump base was doubled when less than 50% of us turned out in 2016). The media made its contribution to our situation since mainstream media is corporate owned and disses progressives because the corporate agenda rules mainstream news (not to mention how the media emphasizes sensationalism which gave the Donald billions of dollars of free coverage leading up to 2016). What inspires me is the young. (I'm a boomer.) In the last elections Virginia became a blue state because the milleniel turnout was 300% what voter turn out usually is. (Milleniels are a bigger voting bloc than boomers now that all of them are old enough to vote. Hurrah!) I've lived in Europe. When doctors blow it there, lawyers are not involved. A counsel of doctors hear out patients' complaints, when malpractice occurs, and 0 legal fees are spent. Lawyers and doctors don't make nearly as much money in Europe as they do here. Here; doctors have to get rich just to pay for their malpractice insurance. That is a leech on our MEDICAL system that nobody ever discusses; that lawyers get rich from lawsuits, too. The USA is a lawsuit-addicted culture. So here we are in this pickle with a corrupt legal system, a corrupt government (owned by corporate donations to campaigns on both sides of the aisle), a corrupt medical system, and on and on and on. We can untie this gordian knot only by getting progressives who refuse big money elected. Then we can take our country back from the richest of the rich. I feel the Bern.

[@lewsmith4279]

Bob Murray? I remember him, he’s the guy that ratted out Anne Frank and her family.

[@extrastuff9352]

This comment wins!

[@andinh7997]

😂

[@tomsky4751]

Lew Smith that’s the one

[@xolaya]

and told hitler to quit painting and to find a new career

[@Hopeitsagood1]

Huh? I thought he's the guy who eats shit in the dog park. Same guy? Makes sense.

[@Quinntus79]

Isn’t Bob Murray the guy who impales his miners and then dips his bread in their blood?

[@THEJPIndustry]

Nice erb reference

[@tukavaraandco7820]

JanPan Vlad actually did that you know? ERB didn’t make that up.

[@THEJPIndustry]

@@tukavaraandco7820 yeah i know erb uses the real storys for rapps

[@masterhawk3147]

This seems a little to real.

[@bezerkoid]

Is that how he got Black Lung?

[@ehodovic]

Bob Murray? Isn't that the guy who betrayed the Jedi and killed all the padawans? Yes. Yes it is.

[@GeneralKenobiSIYE]

Yes it was....

[@thisismagacountry1318]

@@GeneralKenobiSIYE Help us Obi Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope.

[@MarkGoding]

I heard he was the writer who came up with the character for Jaja Binks.

[@karrikemppainen1535]

Was he also that guy who ate shit and died?

[@Commander_Appo]

That is incredibly offensive for you to compare Lord Vader to someone as horrible as Bob Murray

[@ninawatchesstuff]

Bob Murray shot Bambi's mom, drove the Titanic into an iceberg, and told John Wilkes Booth about Lincoln attending Ford's Theater.

[@foxymetroid]

Don't be crazy. He didn't drive the Titanic. He drove the iceberg.

[@misterjoey3384]

Pffft told him? He hired him.

[@lauracox8125]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 you guys are great!!

[@jacobcalvin5520]

I thought John Wilkes shot someone in a phone booth

[@nathanadler1452]

Isn't Bob Murray the guy who sent a terminator back in time to kill the future leader of the human resistance?

[@timothymcbride5092]

I think he built Skynet .... but he did it on purpose.

[@swine13]

And I heard when news got to him that the initial terminator had failed, he punched the messenger in the dick.

[@FreemanicParacusia]

Imagine a jury being made to watch Oliver’s musical in evidence...

[@dirtypagan5793]

FreemanicParacusia lol I also would make the point that someone might have to read it aloud in the courtroom in it’s entirety.

[@FreemanicParacusia]

Dirty Pagan SQUIRRELLLLLLL

[@asterix811]

How do I get on that jury?

[@victorselve8349]

I think he might have thought that as well and done it because of that.

[@seanjohnson3291]

Unrelated note, how can I get on that jury

[@aayushgargofficial]

bob Murray, that's the guy that died of black lung. after protesting against paying anyone for black lung.

[@TheMcAraber]

That's actually the one thing in this comment section that is true

[@d.sherlock5359]

Funny because it’s true.

[@jamesweekley1087]

Unfortunately, that one is true.

[@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95]

In addition, before dying he tried to petition for benefits given to those with black lung. In other words other people who got ir didnt matter, but he did.

[@mihaimoldo]

@@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95 ah... The republican way. You can't have X until it effects me.

[@honorablegolddragon]

Bob Murray? Isn’t that the guy who stole my Indochino suit?

[@voldo3739]

What a monster

[@neil532gamingneil532gaming]

That's the one!

[@hazukichanx408]

He stole it, _and_ he burned it. He didn't even want it or need the money he could have sold it for! D=

[@honorablegolddragon]

Hazukichan X that bastard!

[@abstractapproach634]

@@hazukichanx408 of course he did, Murray's suits are all made if the finest premature baby hide.

[@quasiqualified5761]

Bob Murray, isn't that the guy who takes baths in orphan blood?

[@coldfusionstormgaming1808]

That's exactly who we're talking about!

[@jaxblonk5127]

That's what happens when your bamboo family tree includes Vlad and the Hapsburgs, I reckon, but boy did he miss out on the genetic lotto.

[@kiadimundi3610]

Yeah, isn't he also the one that founded EA?

[@lilithwills812]

Pretty sure he was also the guy who burned down the Library of Alexandria.

[@confoundedcoconut7500]

@@lilithwills812 Oh, that Murray is such an arsonist. He also started the Reichstag fire.

[@alithegeek]

Yeah, I remember Bob Murray. It was his idea to introduce stoats to New Zealand and to introduce cane toads to Australia

[@swine13]

You know the big curve at the bottom of Australia: The "Great Australian Bight"? Bob Murray is the one that took the bite.

[@christinescreativitycabine280]

And kudzu to the American south.

[@thunder____]

In 2013, Bob Murray threatened to drop an atomic bomb on my neighborhood if I didn't give him a stick of gum. It was my last stick of gum, too. It's been almost a decade and I still haven't gotten over the loss.

[@griffinp1608]

Bob Murray? I haven’t heard his name since he was in the news for running over 35 people in a semi truck

[@gxtmfa]

In a school zone, right?

[@tourmelion9221]

@@gxtmfa yeah The one he had plastered child porn posters all over

[@captainjules6033]

You know, I had a roommate at Ohio State in the 60s named Bob Murray. He made an ungodly mess in the bathroom and never cleaned it up. Wonder if it’s the same guy.

[@Lopro94]

Bub Murray... Isn't that the guy who always grabs the last frozen pizza and then tries to jump the queue at checkout?

[@noahgray543]

He doesnt wear a mask in the store either, from what I hear.

[@corvusboreus2072]

He also farts in elevators.

[@cutthroat399]

Bob Murray? That's the guy that killed Harry Potter's mom, right?

[@loganrobson8624]

I thought he was the guy that killed Batman’s parents

[@bezerkoid]

And the dad before that, yes.

[@OzzyPlays]

He also blew up that saiyans planet

[@pranavghantasala6808]

No, Bob Murray wasn't the one who killed Harry Potter's mom... He was the one who killed Cedric Diggory

[@whatevernevermind5960]

Mum*

[@giannadigiacomo8914]

Bob Murray? That’s the guy that gave me coronavirus!

[@hazukichanx408]

I hear he created the damn thing! That "chinese people caught it from bats" story was just his cover...

[@dawson203]

THAT'S THE ONE!!!

[@s2eforme]

What? Bruh he MADE coronavirus. He did it after taking all of those kidney stones and mixing them together with his squirrel "friends".

[@Ben-rz9cf]

Gianna, be careful! This one is too plausible xD You have to make them more absurd

[@TotoDG]

“Lawsuits are really expensive, and lawyers are also really expensive.” Shut up! Don’t tell your secret or you’ll get disbarred!

[@octochan]

However, lawyer's suits don't have to be expensive if you use Indochino... ;P

[@RalphEvangelista]

Well said SovietOnion

[@bremCZ]

Lawsuits are not really expensive when your multi billion dollar company is paying for it and doesn't even notice the legal fees.

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

No, Money Down!

[@aries4378]

Captain Matticus Love the Simpson’s reference!

[@bookworm9009]

Bob Murry? I found that guy digging through my trash dressed like a giant raccoon wearing a cardboard crown!

[@3Rayfire]

He wanted you to taste it too, didn't he?

[@ArcanineEspeon]

This might be my favorite because it's so out of left field unless it's a reference to someone. I don't know why it also immediately made me think of Tom Nook...that tanuki would never stoop this low.

[@AtheistIII]

Bob Murray sneaks into zoos and castrates the Pandas. He also put up "Please smoke here" signs in the Great Library of Alexandria. AND he was the one responsible for the kars for kids commercial #BobMurrayFacts

[@Ilithandie89]

I could almost forgive him for most of that. But the last one, that can never be forgiven.

[@alchemicmercury]

1877 KARS FIR KIDS! K A R S KARS FOR KIDS! 1877 KARS FOR KIDS, HELL IS NO LONGER A PLACE ONLY REACHABLE AFTER DEATH! K A R S KARS FOR KIDS! ILLUMINATI CONFIRMD!

[@michaelwicklund]

@@Ilithandie89agreed

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

I can't believe Devin Nunes would sue his own cow

[@e22ddie46]

@John Anderson the cow is way more attractive and likeable

[@Tcrror]

@@e22ddie46 And intelligent.

[@Jean-LucPicard85]

Something went dairy wrong in their relationship. 🐄

[@esqueejy]

Hehe...he even sued the account that called itself his mom.

[@carelessrex]

lmao this comment had me rolling.

[@lilithwills812]

Guys, we're ignoring the fact that Murray killed Bambi's mom and I can't help but feel like we're doing it on purpose. #EatShitBob

[@lessthanevil]

It’s not so much that we’re ignoring his horrible murder of Bambi’s mom, but Murray also used the Death Star to blow up Aldaraan, which resulted in the deaths of 2 billion. #EatShitBob

[@jamiemersel1247]

I actually wrote national anti-slapp legislation for a mock Congress in DC and it passed! I really think some federal anti-slapp laws need to exist in order to protect free speech!

[@jessicascoullar3737]

You are needed in Congress. Please run for office.

[@gemavaliente7675]

Thats really cool, thanks for your work!

[@katyungodly]

I’m inclined to not believe you but I want to lol

[@ericfleming5522]

Sorry, Jamie, my moot court tournament in DC the following year concluded that your national anti-SLAPP suit statute was beyond the scope of Congress's Article I powers. (In all seriousness, though, if you live in a state that doesn't have one of these laws, call your legislator.)

[@44jimcordell31]

I didn't know that a comment that's actually related to this video was allowed

[@maulwurf62]

What I got from this: you can only protect your rights of you can afford to do so and lawyers always win. Great system.

[@TrasteIAm]

Agreed, it is almost like it was lawyers who wrote the laws.

[@DeathbyPixels]

LAWSUIT ROADS TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE WHERE MURRAY LIES WEST VIRGINIA

[@nickblinko5677]

LAWYER MAMA

[@JoelHernandez-yl6yw]

DeathbyPixels ahh yes!

[@DeclanMBrennan]

I was just wondering whether someone would come up with lyrics for "West Virginia". :-)

[@PitLord777]

TAKE ME HOME LAWSUIT ROADS

[@DeathbyPixels]

Oh my god I got a heart

[@duvan.deschain]

21 minutes of "yeah, John Oliver was pretty much right about everything he said". I still loved hearing the explanations as to why.

[@dougla82airborne]

lol He pretty much just reiterated everything

[@dadob8458]

I watched full video, hopping that he will say something I don't know and he did shock me when he started talking about fucken suits

[@onanthebarbarian9883]

@@dadob8458 Dude's gotta pay the bills...

[@HieronymousLex]

Such empty clickbait. He made the video look like he had something to disagree with and respond to. This is just piggy backing off the millions of John Oliver viewers

[@traceyreadspoli]

Thanks for saving my time.

[@OhNoNotFrank]

"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." George Orwell

[@dovermaskot4441]

Well, i have a lot of things in mind i d love to be printed, but i doubt that any of them can be labeled as journalism...

[@Lumby1]

@@dovermaskot4441 They usually don't print something the publishers don't think anybody will read, or that might get them in trouble with a lawyer for printing it. As long as you stick to interesting, provable things, you should be legally OK, but don't expect that no one's going to take an opposing position, in print or otherwise, in this litigious day and age. As long as there's money in it, you can usually find a lawyer to argue your case, you might need a surprising amount of money, though.

[@gargargargar]

Aaaaaand ironic because there isn't any evidence that proves Orwell actually said that "as sense-making as it is"

[@OhNoNotFrank]

@@Lumby1 I've been a journalist for close to 30 years. I have never been prevented by the publishers from printing any story, and I have never been told by an editor how to cover a story. I don't know how many times I have been threatened by lawyers, but every single time I have told them that they just guaranteed the story to be published - unless they could point out some factual errors. America need anti-SLAPP laws though.

[@OhNoNotFrank]

@@gargargargar Yup, like many old sayings there is also a dispute on the origin of this one. "The problem with internet quotes is that you can't always depend on their accuracy" - Abraham Lincoln, 1864.

[@Ryan5Man]

Bob Murray... wasn’t he that guy who abducted and killed women to make a skin suit?

[@corvusboreus2072]

It puts on the cream or it gets another lawsuit!

[@norishimogawa6125]

come on this one's a bit ridiculous he clearly didn't JUST kill women.

[@TheLibermania]

@@norishimogawa6125 It were puppies and he even sung a song where he wanted us to see his vest.

[@clarewillison9379]

If only the rich can buy justice, that’s unjust.

[@Ioganstone]

The real problem in this episode is jurisdiction shopping although West Virginia bit him in the ass with the government report carte Blanche if uncontested. As a public figure you have less rights if no one wants to counter sue and file for abuse of process when there is no antislapp in ur state. Antislapp just has a chilling effect by making defense litigation free which incentives sleazy firms to attack plaintiffs

[@MrCipasa]

no shit Sherlock

[@tomryan9827]

Courts need to take into account the wealth disparity between parties. A rich man's dollar is not nearly as valuable as a poor man's. The government should be protecting people's welfare equally

[@abdlhmdx]

MrCipasa It’s obvious yet it’s what happening these days.

[@garlandking4519]

Ioganstone *incentivizes. Dummy.

[@TheAmbientMage]

That was such a brilliant episode. Never piss off John Oliver.

[@cmeflywva]

The President of FIFA could have told Murray to avoid going after John Oliver.

[@redhunter8731]

He has dragon money and doesn't give a shit.

[@heldertorres4296]

True 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SAFbikes]

Magus TheGreat Don’t piss of John Oliver unless you want to become the president of the USA

[@__Stitchy]

@@SAFbikes and also go to jail, and see your whole family and friend circle do the same yay!

[@brandonbradford2733]

I feel cheated, I needed a Legal Eagle Song and Dance Routine for this episode.

[@TheLateral18]

I was waiting for that one too!!!!!!

[@arueshalaetablebuildingsociety]

@@TheLateral18 Yeah, but he'd have to side pretty much with John Oliver, and SLAP lawsuits are expensive.

[@Vohlfied]

That episode of Last Week Tonight posted to KZbin something like < 24 hours before this video came out. How can you feel cheated?!

[@TheLateral18]

@@arueshalaetablebuildingsociety talking about expenses. The musical would have been too.

[@DennisMoore664]

@@TheLateral18 It was worth every penny (of HBO's money).

[@mex55]

19:19 "Bob Murray could always just file suit again." October 25th, 2020 "Nah man i got this"

[@pulipakasrikiran9307]

Doesnt change the companys way of doing things.

[@cobramcjingleballs959]

God bless 10/25/20

[@yawningpheonix]

Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energy? Oh, that's right, isn't he the guy who used my garbage disposal to get rid of his mistress's baby?

[@thegreatkingofevilganondor1500]

He did the same for me, except it was a wood chipper

[@Meshakhad]

He used my gravel crusher to get rid of his mistress.

[@yawningpheonix]

@@Meshakhad That's right! He did do that

[@idkusername5789]

Yawning Pheonix That’s nothing! He disabled my cable tv connection!

[@jacksonboled9947]

That's Luca barsi your fool!

[@pandasworld4168]

The american system is like if incoming calls weren't free. Just imagine sitting on your couch, relaxing, the someone calls you and the you have to pay for that call.

[@shayan-gg]

we now have to pay for incoming calls in india

[@parktamaroon226]

@@shayan-gg India? Isn’t that the place where all these calls originate?

[@shayan-gg]

@@parktamaroon226 TIL all telecom severs are located in india

[@riteshgupta4002]

@@shayan-gg no we dont. also for almost all major plans, even outgoing and messages are included with cheap price for data. the 6p you are prob refering to is between operators and we were paying for outgoing calls only so telecos can pay to the incoming provider which is also scrapped. so no charge call if you have a plan..

[@Nemesis-pe7mw]

@@riteshgupta4002 and if you don't have a plan?

[@fujihita2500]

That glorious episode looks to me like John Oliver's ingenious way to recover the legal fee and then get an Emmy out of it.

[@TheYasmineFlower]

Also probably HBO's way to show that they stand behind their shows/employees, to disocurage future frivolous lawsuits. (I'm guessing, I'm not a lawyer)

[@angim6750]

Mission accomplished! 😁

[@groofay]

It seems to me like he's angling for a Tony bid, too.

[@angim6750]

@@groofay that performance was 💣♨

[@Chasmodius]

Considering how much media publicity Last Week Tonight got over the lawsuit in the first place, HBO probably already wrote it off as marketing, and cheap at that.

[@peterbechard1900]

America absolutely needs Anti SLAPP laws. The burden these type of law suits is a tremendous drain on our court system. So everyone suffers in the end not just those being sued.

[@links-gut-versifftergrunme1809]

I kind of remember, that Bob Murray is the guy who censored Li Wenliang reports and warnings about Corona. Btw, the comment section under this video is way more entertaining than the one under the John Oliver episode.

[@hammerhead0074]

Its cause he's dealing with the law and not politics so less people getting unnecessarily assholey

[@vincentmuyo]

Well I guess people usually don't see laws as political, which they absolutely are but that's just how people are.

[@NyanPoptartCat]

I’m unsure what you were expecting. Law isn’t exactly as thrilling as it is on television. I thought he explained this pretty well.

[@kevinslater4126]

I'm a writer hired by an engineering company to write legal documents for them. My pay averages out around $100-150 an hour. They do this because I'm cheaper than hiring a lawyer to write their legal documents (a lawyer still needs to sign off on all my work). Consider that a moment.

[@twenty-fifth420]

Can I have your job?

[@jay1jayf]

my nigga, did you just say 100-150 an hour.

[@this_is_patrick]

This is the dream job of every poverty stricken, student debt ridden American college kids lmao.

[@ThisNameWasTaken0]

Jay Jimenez He didn’t mention if he’s a solo practitioner or working under some firm. It also might be the case his work cycle is inconsistent.

[@19MAD95]

Then 3 years later when a law suit happens and they look at your document, the lawyers think “Jesus who wrote this butchery”

[@SmileForward]

The only thing slicker than an Indochino suit is your segue into talking about them.

[@PatWeston]

Yeah seriously, next thing I knew I was on their website like, "Hey wait a minute! I'm broke!"

[@josephschultz3301]

True, man. He slid into that Indochino ad just as easily as I slide into my finely-crafted Indochino suit, form-fitting so I can look my very best when I need to.

[@insertcognomen]

it was so smooth!

[@danielseelye6005]

Like _buttah_

[@Numinus1]

@@josephschultz3301 rofl

[@LuisMiguelCovarrubiasPous]

In Mexico it's similar... I work for an ad agency. A company used our intellectual property without paying for it, we sued them with lots of evidence, the case was rock solid, so the company (a powerful big pharma company) sued us over the intellectual property of THE NAME OF OUR 20 YEAR OLD AGENCY. Yes! They said they owned the name of our company. Off course, they had no chance of winning, but the cost of the legal fees would be higher than the value of the campaign they stole, so we had to agree to drop the suit.

[@TemporaryINTER135]

Large companies and rich people can get away with a lot of crime simply because they can afford to Pay the Law, where you cannot.

[@zenmasterwannabe]

Less $$ we have, less freedom of speech we have. No money to foot the bill? Anti-SLAPP laws wont help worth sheeit.

[@TheGrumbliestPuppy]

@@zenmasterwannabe They might, lawyers might be more willing to do a case for no money down if they're certain that it'll be an easy win, since they're sure they'll be reimbursed.

[@Watch-0w1]

Great American law. We have all the freedom but come at expensive fee

[@originalindividuals9792]

I couldn't sue my boss when she failed to pay me for 3 months of work cause the lawyer would have taken all the money that was owed to me

[@alyssinclair8598]

Maybe you could get them to pay lawyers fees? Not an expert here

[@MarkusMahlberg]

@@windows95leon Wouldn't that just be a question about the amount in question? Say OI is owed $10,000 and the attorney's fees would be another $10,000 , wouldn't that put the amount in litigation to $20,000?

[@humblyright]

Original Individuals that sucks but what does that have to do with Bob Murray?

[@originalindividuals9792]

@@humblyright the videos about slapp laws not Bob murray, idk where you get that idea

[@hydrolifetech7911]

@@humblyright it's one of the points this lawyer was making. Lawyers are expensive

[@Lvlzke]

Bob Murray, yeah, wasn't he the guy who convinced the trojans that the horse was a present?

[@swine13]

I heard he's also one of two people who woke up when they first started getting out of the horse, but the other guy was like "did you hear something?" and Bob Murray said "no"

[@gomillust]

I think Bob died like 2 months after the musical thing- so technically he can’t sue again in West Virginia

[@loganrobson8624]

That’s unfortunate. I was really looking forward to seeing the musical being presented as evidence when he sued again

[@dennisklomp2361]

Best news I read this week. The fucker died bankrupt with the entire world dancing on his grave before he lied down in it.

[@RoderickEtheria]

Bob Murray was the person who stole the Sphinx's nose, and shot the moon out of the sky, right?

[@andrew4363]

Yeah, he also rejected hitler from art school and ate a bat last year.

[@nicomartinez9951]

He has passed away

[@RoderickEtheria]

@@nicomartinez9951 You can't say that one if it's not true, nico. Somebody might actually take it seriously and believe it.

[@TheMcAraber]

@@RoderickEtheria no its true

[@HarleyQuinn-ol8ex]

@@TheMcAraber that’s the joke

[@John_Schmitt]

Murray's headquarters is 30 minutes from where I live and is one of my areas largest employers. He's still extremely hated here

[@pizaclatonddd3081]

God damn

[@alainarchambault2331]

Well, he went under right? Between the drop in coal demand/prices and all of the expense of litigation, he's bound to go broke.

[@sierrasouthwell9237]

@@alainarchambault2331 Trump went broke (or at least declared bankruptcy) 6 times. And he still won the presidency.

[@alainarchambault2331]

@@sierrasouthwell9237 Tis true, rich folks keep their private finances separate from the corporate finances. They reap when their corporations are profitable, yet cut them off like a diseased arm when they no longer serve.

[@Sonny_McMacsson]

@@growinglifeorganic940 It shouldn't be because pigs are relatively noble creatures....and make delicious bacon. What's a Murray good for?

[@crittaable]

I'm sorry but the "Eat Shit Bob" musical had me screaming at the TV and I STILL WATCH IT NOW REGULARLY! I legit know it word for word! Without a doubt the BEST moment of ALL TIME!

[@deanlongfellow5154]

it is cathartic

[@duderyandude9515]

I thought it was just me!

[@amookable]

Best ten minutes of TV I've seen in a long time - I've overdue for watching it again.

[@tegantalks9612]

They should have released it as a single on Spotify or something

[@baseballkenny8063]

@@amookable I gotta give it to that and chi John

[@shekel8245]

Bob Murray? Wow, haven't heard his name since he was in the paper for killing all the dinosaurs

[@livetolearn9339]

I saw him throwing a meteorite.

[@jarnMod]

I was lied to in school. Teachers said law is just. Now I know it's simply expensive.

[@alexutzcel]

at some point during the show, John said that his legal team was exhausted from all the legal troubles he had over the years, but honestly if I were to be his lawyer, I could not have wished for a better client!

[@nochannel1q2321]

HBO is also now a part of the massive AT&T now so Murray may be more hesitant in that kind of behavior.

[@alexutzcel]

@@nochannel1q2321 as he should be, maybe he learned a lesson from all this... anyway, I'm sure John wears his lawsuits as a badge of honour!

[@damonm3]

If the British rule existed there’d be 75% less suits. And it would lay off thousands of judges. That’s probably why that law will never change

[@gene8172]

If the British system existed here, there’d be less lawsuits with merit going to court, limiting justice for all.

[@alexutzcel]

@@gene8172 maybe there's a middle ground here... for example in my country, the judge decides whether you get awarded your fees back. So you can win a lawsuit, but depending on the case you may not receive any compensation for legal fees, or only a portion covering legal taxes that are paid at the courthouse, or you can be fully compensated.

[@madunicorn4568]

Damn he looks exactly like the image in my head when someone says “lawyer”

[@jtvjr316]

🤣🤣👏👏 yes he does🤣🤣👏👏

[@BenFloresMX]

Like a White Man with a suit? 🤔

[@snow6094]

Ben Flores the slicked back separates hair , the suit , big nose and he just looks like a lawyer / state attorney

[@thebiglich]

He doesnt wear a fancy wig and black coat

[@synnical77]

Ryan Reynolds?

[@guavachild]

Bob murray killed santa claus and now we have to pretend he exists for our kids 😡

[@HBHaga]

Why in the name of sanity would we want to pretend that Bob Murray exists?

[@soupafi]

Bob likes to go and adopt children, then at the last moment, changes his mind and laughs at the kids.

[@Douglas_Props]

Jason One of the kids was Seto Kiba

[@cheerfulsatanist]

Is Bob Murray actually Carter pewterschmitt?! Family Guy has been scary accurate before.

[@GnomeDeathKnight]

It's the only way he's found to actually make them happy - going through with the adoption didn't work.

[@ShipsKat]

.......even "6yr old" Ukrainian dwarves, who allegedly, have a full bush & are a lot older? Who is also accused of trying to kill members of their adoptive family, who then leave her in a pre-paid apartment, & move to Canada???? 😂

[@JJP2K09]

Objection! British Lawyer here, more specifically England & Wales (since Scotland has a separate legal system) and I wanted to touch on your point about costs in E&W civil litigation. The general rule is that “costs follow the event”, i.e. the successful litigant is awarded their costs by the court. However, the award of costs is subject to the court’s decision on either a summary or detailed assessment. Costs are, ordinarily, subject to the principle that all litigation must be conducted at reasonable and proportionate cost, meaning that the court will determine what amount of costs is both reasonable and proportionate. This can often mean that the amount of costs awarded by the court is far less than those which have been incurred, so the successful party can only really expect to recover in the region of one half to two thirds of their costs from the other side, as a broad strokes rule. Costs should not be equated to damages either as the rules for determining costs are separate to damages and are governed by Civil Procedure Rule 44 and its associated Practice Direction. Furthermore, the costs incurred still have to be paid by the litigant during the course of the action (unless there is a special fee agreement in place which I won’t detail too much here) so litigants can, often, be placed in an awkward financial position even in E&W cases.

[@troyevitt2437]

I realize it was Oliver's lawyers navigating the case, but is there some aspect of his understanding influenced by the UK system that didn't apply here in the land of Giant Cheep Hamburgers and Civilians With More Guns Than The Coppers? I just realized you can't enforce "No Trespassing" signs over there. Now, I'm not somebody who thinks "NO TRESPASSING" needs to be enforced by shooting some poor misplaced individual dead, despite my US citizenship...but I'm not hanging that sign out to be out-and-out ignored, either.

[@darrenskjoelsvold]

He's not practicing law in the United Kingdom and he merely wanted to say that the British system was better than the one here, which it is. The UK does have many systems that are better than those in the United States. Do you disagree?

[@troyevitt2437]

@@darrenskjoelsvold No I may have misworded my comment; my question meant I wondered if John Oliver had been in some way effected by the difference in US, vs UK, Law in a way he didn't expect.

[@JJP2K09]

Troy Evitt You can bring action for trespass against someone in England & Wales

[@Garynumber33]

Objection no one cares you dumb limie

[@kimandreskogstrand5004]

How the flying f... does a justice system where the winner(think victim) having to pay his own legal fees, even work? Maybe I'm missing something here... but doesn't that mean that basically everyone who is poor in America is under constant threat of economical ruin, from anyone who can afford to run a case against them, no matter how how ridiculous the reason is?

[@abigailsmith6977]

Yes, exactly. We have a saying: “justice is for the rich.” 😤

[@NaikoArt]

i wouldnt be surprised...America has some weird laws

[@rudolftrost3534]

And justice forall... who can afford it...

[@joshuahudgins]

Because an attorney is not required. It a luxury you can choose to use or not.

[@jonathonpolk3592]

Ding ding! We have a winner! Yes, the American rule sucks.

[@patchodraws9200]

I knew Bob Murray was bad news when he killed Ned Stark

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

I love cross referencing John Oliver's vids with channels that are more in the field of Oliver's reports cause it reminds me of just how good the team behind oliver doing the fact checking, research, and hole filling is.

[@princessaria]

MajinVenix seriously! They aren’t always perfect but they do a damn good job a lot of the time.

[@dajoler]

#johnoliverloveshisholesfilled

[@alainarchambault2331]

Yeah, it's dangerous being a comedian.

[@BuddahBlueMage]

@@dajoler risky click but sad there were no results lmao

[@andrasbiro3007]

That's the sad situation now. We watch comedy shows for news and news channels for comedy.

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

What does a lawyer wear to court? His law suit.... I'll see myself out, thanks.

[@gachaelephant6841]

No stay

[@the_MrFloof]

"This joke was brought to you by Indochino" 😂

[@raybin6873]

That was unsuitable...I'm suing.

[@Sirenhound]

Bailiff! Tackle this man!

[@Lopro94]

@@raybin6873 suit yourself

[@haysdixon6227]

Bob Murray? Didn’t he suggest the concept of bird drones to the United States government?

[@haysdixon6227]

jo gr oh no

[@kspoo10_]

My friend just told me about this today. The real reason why you never see baby pigeons…

[@thecynic9232]

The 2nd time (follow-up) John Oliver did an episode about Bob Murray, I laughed so hard I watched it twice. “Is that the guy who dipped his balls in my hotdog water?” Pure GOLD!

[@brandonvacchio7614]

Bob Murray? The Zodiac Killer?

[@domingosvarelamarreiros7490]

When you said that in the US someone who wins the case doesn’t recover its attorneys fees made my jaw drop. How can a country consider itself civilised and have such a legal system?

[@RobinTheBot]

Cyz 'Murica. If you think we should improve anything you're a commie.

[@jonasgraumans2034]

Robin Bot hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!! Idiot

[@laurentdrozin812]

I was shocked too. In Sweden also the cost for the lawsuit are born by the loosing side.

[@nadinewesterveld5597]

They probably consider themselves civilized for the same reasons they have more access to guns than healthcare

[@Strider91]

Simple. . . . We are not civilized

[@ArcanineEspeon]

I think my ideal world might be one where John Oliver reports on every bit of news I need/want to know, and then Legal Eagle analyzes and fact checks everything John Oliver said.

[@nanorider426]

Hear hear!

[@duderyandude9515]

@Blaire Sovereign You win! You created a utopia.

[@lc9245]

Look, don’t think for a second Oliver has no political affiliation, nor that he’s not bias. He’s skewed many of his skits and, similar to former boss, Jon Stewart, claims that he’s not a journalist. That statement itself is a form of protection against lawsuit. My problem is, while John Oliver says that, he’s also calling for action multiple times. That’s not something a comedian should do, and something John Stewart avoided. I feel like both of Stewart protégé have lost their way, and contributed to the very distrust of mainstream media that they both ridiculed. Oliver in particular, likes to put on a mask of being well researched and balance, while occasionally presenting controversial “evidence” that’s sometime admitted to be inconclusive but was picked up to prove their point. Of course, they claim it’s fine because it’s comedy. I would agree, but in my opinion, I lost all respects for both of them once they took a side.

[@paulhunt9439]

@@lc9245 If we want to look at polls. Unfortunately the only thing we really can measure, Jon Stewart, Colbert from the Colbert Report and John Oliver came about because of the rapidly growing mistrust of news media. Something that has been on the steady incline for quite some time. John Oliver himself is not a journalist, but he also doesn't hide the fact that he has a team of journalist qualified personnel working as research team. He himself has down a story on some absolutely, disgustingly large news monopolies that exist. When you have pure political bias over taking mainstream media at an unacceptable level, especially as these monopolies continue to grow having someone make well researched and balanced stories with the occasional controversial piece of evidence, stated as such by Oliver himself, it's better than the alternative. Taking a side in the current political climate is going to happen. During Obama's presidency he was heavily critical of much of Obama's claims too. Sure, he obviously has bias, but still routinely leans on putting pressure on the current ruling party. His comedic take on situations that have flown under the radar and/or very unknown to the public has been massive boost to American education. It is a shame that you lost respect for them, but understandable that different people have different expectations.

[@SRosenberg203]

@@lc9245 He's *NOT* a journalist, he's a comedian. He didn't start his career by going to journalism school, he started it by doing standup comedy and writing jokes for TV shows. A comedian can call for whatever they want, in whatever way the think is funny. You don't have to watch it, if you disagree, but that doesn't somehow invalidate what they're doing. Tucker Carlson, on the other hand, actually *DID* go to Journalism school, and began his career as a journalist for various print news publications, and then later television news programs. He now regularly claims to _NOT_ be a journalist so that he can't be sued for lying on his show, but he still pretends to be one in order to maintain his audience. On his show, he never claims that he's just "entertainment" or that "no reasonable person would understand his words to be actual facts" because if he did his audience would evaporate. He only says those things in obscure court files that his viewers are too lazy to go and read.

[@alisterwhitefire1026]

Never in my life have I felt such joy while reading a KZbin comment section. I feel truly blessed this day, my life is complete.

[@internetperson3228]

Ikrrr me too! Every comment for miles and miles is talking about Bob Murray, the guy who keeps farting into the vents

[@Tony_TK]

Bob Murray’s the guy who lit up the library of Alexandria, right?

[@WeekendWarrior92]

"Arguably" "allegedly" "probably" The holy trifecta of US Juridical system :D

[@fieryweasel]

"Arguably, the holy alleged 'trifecta' of the US Judicial system, probably."

[@xunder3]

@@fieryweasel Damn weasel stole my fire... :(

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

Allegedly, it seems many people agree with this comment.

[@kellyrocheleau4660]

Bob Murray: The man who let John Wilkes Booth into the theater to assassinate Lincoln. "Right this way, Sir."

[@Kanatix]

Isn't Bob Murray the guy who leaves lego on the floor so you accidentally step on it?

[@jayfredrickson8632]

I'm pretty sure that's some worldwide conspiracy.

[@daniexists6]

So, fun fact. Shortly after the Slap Suit was shot down, Bob Murray passed away. So, the phrase "eat shit and die" was taken literally.

[@artisan002]

Oh, I absolutely agree that there needs to be a national level law against SLAPP suits. I also equally agree that we need to fix the legal fees issue.

[@AC3handle]

well SOMEone's gotta pay for those collage classes. And the lawyer's new electric audi.

[@Naryoril]

@@AC3handle It's not like the lawyer of the losing side wouldn't get any money, it's just a question of who has to pay them.

[@JTA1961]

Interesting sponsor. [ law suit ] 📉😎📈 maybe I'd better check my briefs.

[@artisan002]

@@JTA1961 Classy action suits

[@andrewmelnikov292]

5:15 Damn, that explains it! I was always wondering, why not claim a refund for your lawyer from a side who lost. Turns out, in USA it doesn't work that way. Well, shucks.

[@jirue]

If you're the plaintiff pursuing remunerations then you have a chance to do this by adding the legal fees on to the amount you are demanding, but if you're on the defendant side then the only way to do this would be to counter-sue and win if I'm understanding things correctly. I'm no expert though, so there might be some other avenues you can go through that I'm unaware of.

[@MightGuy15]

Ripping people off is a philosophy deeply integrated into American culture. It's to the point where some imbeciles known as Republicans and conservatives actually supported it.

[@StCreed]

The US legal system is geared towards rich people. Same as politics, more so now than ever before.

[@benwillems8584]

The american rule: made so rich people can monopolize lawsuits

[@miloszivkovic6256]

Weaponize*

[@millerrepin4452]

sexualize*

[@cholesterol6703]

No. The founders just never anticipated their offspring using the legal system for things other than redress of actual injuries.

[@jmiskellybones745]

@@cholesterol6703 The 'English rule' style of loser pays has been part of common law since centuries before the American revolution (before the discovery of the Americas, in fact). It was also the rule in use in the 13 colonies and continued to be used in the early part of the 19th century in the United States, diverging from other common law systems over that period until you get to the 'American rule' style of today. So none of the founding fathers ever lived to see the 'American rule' become the norm, never mind actively having a hand in creating it.

[@Ken19700]

Why not make attorneys more affordable?

[@Tomcat13436]

Bob Murray? Isn’t he the guy who moved the briefcase during Operation Valkyrie?

[@dannik82]

Started watching this because of John Oliver, quickly thought "oh this guy is pretty interesting and i love his suit" 20 mins later he very smoothly slides into an ad for said suit. Well played sir, well played. :P

[@swine13]

Sorry I don't understand... where's the Bob Murray joke?

[@johnladuke6475]

@@swine13 Bob Murray refuses to wear Indochino because they don't dye their fabric with the blood of orphans. Satisfied?

[@jamesweekley1087]

These days all his video are ads for his suit manufacturer. It makes me wonder what he gets, other than free suits.

[@shaggycan]

Why are you allowed to file suit in a state that had nothing to do with the complaint? That sounds like something that should have been fixed up decades ago.

[@genieglasslamp5028]

But that would be common sense, and you know how bad we are at that.

[@reverance_pavane]

Because it was a national broadcast, and thus it could be viewed by an inhabitant of West Virginia.

[@TheEnoEtile]

It has something to do with establishing that the defendant lives or conducts a significant amount of business in a jurisdiction. In a lot of cases the requirements to establish it are probably super out dated and have nothing to do with a world that has the internet.

[@johnpliskin8759]

that would require laws to work for the general public instead of the extremely wealthy

[@beths3288]

I assume a claimant has to file suit in the state in which they reside? For instance, John Oliver lives and works for CBS in New York, and I assume Devin Nunes lives part time in West Virginia close to DC, and Murray lives in West Virginia as well? So Nunes and Murray could file in West Virginia. But I'm wondering what compels any defendant to even participate in a defamation lawsuit that isn't in their state of residence? Seems to me, CBS should have been confident that Murray had no case. What would be the repercussions of just ignoring an out-of-state lawsuit? Can a judge throw out a case if the defendant is not present? Why incur costs of a lawyer until and unless your state cooperates with a judgement against you to go after your property? Some states won't even allow that, right?

[@Eliphas_Leary]

Bob Murray is in a lot of trouble for what he did in the M&M store.

[@bjornsteelside]

what did he take a crap on the checkout stand like he did in target?

[@maxcowley4353]

@@bjornsteelside I don't know, but did you hear about how he filmed a video of himself sword fighting a s3xdoll clone of the queen while in his boxers and crocs?

[@shahidabegum4195]

Should reach in there and grab some sweets...

[@pr0xZen]

I did hear he rubbed all the candy bars and long helix lollipops along the inner lining of his lower intestine - so I have no trouble imagining the FDA took issue with that.

[@Elusivehawk]

Bob Murray? You mean that guy that sewed bear testicles to my face?