WE’LL MAKE THE MEDIA PAY FOR
WHAT THEY DID.
IT’S HARD TO GO TO THE STORE.
I CAN’T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT
SECURITY.
I DON’T THINK I WILL BE ABLE TO
WORK OR GET A JOB BECAUSE I’M
AFRAID AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT HIRE
ME.
>> Ainsley: IN EXCLUSIVE WOULD
YOU HAVE WITH TUCKER CARLSON
KYLE RITTENHOUSE VOWING TO TAKE
ACTION AGAINST THOSE WHO LABELED
HIM A WHITE SUPREMACIST.
"FOX & FRIENDS WEEKEND" CO-HOST
WILL CAIN JOINS US NOW TO REACT.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU, WILL.
>> Will: GOOD MORNING, AINSLEY.
>> Ainsley: GOOD MORNING.
DOES HE HAVE A CASE?
>> Will: I THINK, YES, KYLE
RITTENHOUSE DOES HAVE A CASE.
HE HAS SAID, BY THE WAY, THAT
JOHNNY DEPP’S VICTORY LAST WEEK
IN HIS DEFAMATION CASE HAS
FUELED HIM, HAS INSPIRED HIM.
WE LOOK AT THE SUCCESS OF NICK
SAND MAN WHO FILED A LAWSUIT AND
NOW KYLE RITTENHOUSE EMPLOYS THE
SAME ATTORNEY HOST OF MEDIA
ORGANIZATIONS FROM "THE
WASHINGTON POST AND "NEW YORK
TIMES."
TO CNN.
AND NOW HERE COMES KYLE RITTENHOUSE.
SO, ROCKY MOUNTAINS, RITTENHOUSE
PUBLIC FIGURE.
HE HAS SHOW WHOEVER HE SEES
FACEBOOK OR MEDIA ORGANIZATION
ACTED WITH ACTUAL MALICE OR
RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE
TRUTH.
I THINK THAT YOU AND I COULD
PROBABLYSPEND THE NEXT THREE MIN
PLAYING CLIPS THAT QUITE CLEARLY
REFLECT A RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR
THE TRUTH FROM NUMEROUS, DOZENS
OF MEDIA FIGURES WHO, AND YOU
AND I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A
LONG TIME, AINSLEY.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ARE TAUGHT
OR AT LEAST YOU HAVE A MORAL
COMPASS WITHIN TO YOU REALIZE
YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME RESPECT
THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH THE TRUTH.
WE SAY THINGS LIKE ALLEGED
MURDERER BECAUSE WE DON’T KNOW
UNTIL IT IS PROVEN IN A COURT OF
LAW.
BUT, IN THIS CASE, WE SAW MEDIA
FIGURES SAY DEFINITIVELY IS HE A
MURDERER AND HE IS A WHITE
SUPREMACIST WITH VIRTUALLY NO
EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THOSE
CLAIMS.
I THINK THAT ADDS UP TO RECKLESS
DISREGARD FOR THE TRUTH.
I THINK IN MANY OF THOSE
INSTANCES, ACTUAL MALICE.
>> Ainsley: THIS IS AMERICA,
EVERYONE DESERVES DUE PROCESS
UNTIL YOU ARE FOUND GO AHEAD.
IN THIS CASE HE WAS FOUND NOT
GUILTY JUST TO REMIND YOU, HE IS
SUING FOR DEFAMATION, BUT HE
SAYS HE -- YOU SAID HE HAS TO
PROVE ACTIVE PAL HIS OR RECKLESS
DISREGARD OF THE TRUTH.
IT MIGHT NOT BE MALICE.
SOME OF THESE JOURNALISTS DON’T
REALLY KNOW HIM.
BUT RECKLESS REGARD FOR THE
TRUTH.
HE MIGHT HAVE A CASE THERE.
>> Will: UM-HUH.
>> Ainsley: LISTEN TO WHAT SOME
OF THE MEDIA WAS SAYING ABOUT
HIM BEFORE HE EVEN WENT TO
COURT.
>> KYLE RITTENHOUSE, THE ARMED
VIGILANTE WHO TRUMP HAS BEEN
SOUNDING LIKE OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
>> BLUE LIVES MATTER SOCIAL
MEDIA PARTISAN 17 YEARS OLD,
PICKS UP A GUN DRIVES FROM ONE
STATE TO THE OTHER WITH THE
INTENT TO SHOOT PEOPLE.
>> RITTENHOUSE DROVE FROM FROM
ILLINOIS ARMED FOR BATTLE.
>> THE FACT THAT WHITE
SUPREMACISTS WALK THE HALLS
FREELY AND CELEBRATE THIS LITTLE
WHITE SUPREMACIST AND THE FACT
THAT HE GETS TO WALK THE STREET
FREELY.
>> AS A RESULT, WILL, HE SAYS HE
CAN’T LIVE A NORMAL LIFE AND
FUTURE JOB OPPORTUNITIES WERE
AFFECTED BECAUSE OF WHAT THE
MEDIA WERE SAYING ABOUT HIM.
>> Will: RIGHT.
LET’S GO BACK TO THOSE TERMS
REALLY QUICKLY, AINSLEY,
RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE TRUTH
OR ACTUAL MALICE.
THAT’S DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE AT
HOME A PRIVATE CITIZEN.
IF A MEDIA SAYS SOMETHING
INCORRECT ABOUT YOU, NEGLIGENCE
IS ENOUGH.
JUST GETTING IT WRONG
NEGLIGENTLY IS ENOUGH FOR YOU TO
HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION.
BUT, IF YOU ARE A PUBLIC FIGURE,
WHICH KYLE RITTENHOUSE BECAME,
THEN YOU HAVE THIS HIGHER
STANDARD.
YOU JUST HEARD THAT MSNBC HOST
FOR EXAMPLE SAY MURDEROUS LITTLE
WHITE SUPREMACIST, RIGHT?
THAT IS CONCLUSIVE, THAT IS
DEFINITIVE STATEMENT THAT SHE
CANNOT PROVE AND HAS NO EVIDENCE
TO BACK UP.
TO ME, THAT’S NOT JUST RECKLESS,
THAT IS MALICIOUS AINSLEY THAT
DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY FROM A
MEDIA THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
ATTEMPTING TO TELL THE TRUTH.
>> Ainsley: YOU ARE A LAWYER.
WHAT IF SHE ACTUALLY BELIEVES
THAT?
WHAT IF THAT IS JUST HER
OPINION?
>> Will: WHAT SOMEBODY WOULD SAY
THAT’S A REASONABLE
EXTRAPOLATION FROM WHAT SHE
KNEW.
POINTED THIS TO THAT PORK WHERE
HE WAS IN A PICTURE WITH SOME
ALLEGED PROUD BOYS BUT I DON’T
THINK IT IS A REASONABLE
EXTRAPOLATION.
I THINK SHE WAS OPERATING WITH
MALICE INTENT.
NOT TRYING TO GET TO A
REASONABLE KERNEL OF TRUTH.
>> Ainsley: REAL QUICKLY, WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT?
WHEN DOES HE GO TO COURT?
>> Will: THEY HAVE TO FILE SUIT
FIRST.
WE SAW LAST NIGHT ON TUCKER’S
SHOW THEY ARE PLANNING TO AND
POSSIBLY FACEBOOK AS WELL AND
THEN IT TAKES THE SAME COURSE,
FOR EXAMPLE AS NICK SANDMANN.
>> Ainsley: MAYBE SOME OF THESE