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Will Dolly Parton sue Howard Stern for making her sound like a racist?

Settled as No

Despite repeated threats, no formal lawsuits.

Background:

Country music star Dolly Parton has hit back against Howard Stern's satellite radio show, which last week manipulated recordings from one of her audio books into seemingly racist and sexually graphic sound bites.


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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No
90%
Activity: H$44,469
Settled as No on last Thursday 8:51am PST

Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 3:59pm PST Settlement date: last Thursday 8:51am PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 31st Dec 2008 3:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

Action history:

Created Wed 14th May 2008 2:20pm PDT by kswheels
Suspended Wed 31st Dec 2008 3:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Wed 31st Dec 2008 11:13pm PST by Erik: This market was posed in mid May. Looking at the rules: "At the suspend date, where it's reasonable to assume that the non-reporting of an event can be taken as it not having happened, the question will be settled as no."

This should be settled as 'No."
Settled as 'No' last Thursday 8:51am PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: Despite repeated threats, no formal lawsuits.

Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 3:59pm PST Settlement date: last Thursday 8:51am PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 31st Dec 2008 3:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (77)

77 predictions

1 week ago
andrewpmk predicted No (H$100 at 90%)
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mrperfkt[Admin] predicted No (H$1,000 at 89%)
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opie predicted No (H$50 at 82%)
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keyeshoveden[Power User] predicted No (H$3,400 at 81%)
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Comments (8)

"If there was ever going to be a lawsuit, it's going to be over this."

hardly a promise to sue.
posted 28 weeks ago
  3 gadget666
I would certainly love to see him sued over this, someone needs to hold people like him accountable for the people they hurt and offend
posted 16 weeks ago
He'll make more money from the publicity of this stunt than he'll ever lose being sued in court. Isnt it kinda sad?
posted 16 weeks ago
  5 dieseldog
chefpie1 - welcome to hubdub. i don't wanna sound like a nanny, but this is a family-rated pg site. theres kids on here. i have no problem with your comment, but a few parents might. goodluck on your wagering.
posted 5 weeks ago
  6 bigken1
I agree with diesel. How do we clean up this stuff?
posted 5 weeks ago
We are currently discussing that particular comment (which may end up being deleted by Tisha who gets to make the final call), and profanity/sexual content in general. If you'd like to pass along an opinion I'd be happy to submit it to the other admins/supers for consideration. (you can flag the market to send me an email or just send it to jenni at hubdub dot com)
posted 5 weeks ago
  8 tisha[Admin]
@chefpie and others - I've deleted the offending comment. We're generally pretty lenient on language and comments, but a side of soft porn with my morning coffee was more than I could take. Sorry.

We're currently discussing the tone we want to allow on hubdub - I would say generally we get it pretty spot on and people are respectful and insightful. But if you'd like to add your 2cents we've got a forum going on here http://www.hubdub.com/e/Topic/Censorshipwhere_do_you_think_the_line_should_be_drawn_262
posted 5 weeks ago

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