{
  "id": 16929007,
  "title": "Socialist Hasan Piker sues conservative counterpart for ‘violent racist’ portrayal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/socialist-hasan-piker-sues-conservative-counterpart-for-violent",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T16:11:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/hasan-piker-lawsuit-scott-jennings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The $72.5m suit alleges Scott Jennings falsely told listeners Piker had a ‘plan of returning our country to lynchings’ The prominent socialist political commentator and influencer Hasan Piker is suing his conservative counterpart Scott Jennings for $72.5m over comments on a podcast that he said portrayed him as “a violent racist” who advocated the lynching of Black people. Piker’s defamation…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}