John D. Haywood caught a flight from North Carolina to Burlington on Wednesday to tell a judge why St. Michael’s College should pay him $50 million in a libel lawsuit aimed at student journalists.
Haywood (pictured) ran for president of the United States as a Democrat in the New Hampshire primary this year and blames a profile of him written by St. Mike’s students for sinking his White House dreams. (Click here for background on the case.)
Students in Professor David Mindich’s “Media and American Politics” class have been profiling lesser-known presidential candidates in every election since 2004, with the goal of giving voice to all candidates. Haywood complained that students grossly misrepresented his positions in the article, published on a college website 10 days before last January’s primary, and says the errors cost him the race against President Obama. Haywood received just 432 votes, meaning he lost to Obama by a ratio of 115 to 1.
“Anyone who read their profile wouldn’t touch my website with a 10-foot pole,” Haywood told U.S. Magistrate Judge John Conroy on Wednesday. “Things they said about my positions are so extreme, so ridiculous.”
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Hyper-Chicken:” Now I may be just be a simple country Hyper-Chicken, but I know when we’re finger licked.”
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looking for some free publicity and a few million to do some campaigning. This guy would make a great president.
St. Mike’s ought to ask for attorney fees, this case would certainly warrant them