Glenn Reynolds: Is He Really Smart Or Just Distracting?

Glenn Reynolds is interested in a lot of shit, and he's got a sweet little gig going, but when it comes to why I started reading him, the man can't hit the side of a barn. He's a hot shot law professor, right? Check out the results of his advising Rollie Chance on media over-reach, in the Washington shooter case, according to Hot Air:

Glenn Reynolds suggests that Chance should sue, as “Enormous damages would ensure greater circumspection.” As true as that might be, Glenn must know that’s an unlikely outcome,...there really isn’t a case for libel, and therefore no damages — as enraging as that might be.

The only accountability we can apply to these outlets in this case is the shame of getting it wrong and the damage to their credibility that results. Perhaps with enough of that kind of damage, networks won’t be so quick in the future to run with a suspected gunman’s name, or his supposed political influences, and so on.  As this episode showed, though, the media doesn’t seem to learn from their past mistakes.

Glenn Reynolds doesn't either, providing ("useless information, supposed to fire my imagination, I can't get no - no, no, no - well hey, hey hey") what Hot Air just said should be worth a word to somebody,...