Supposed Boston Marathon ‘Bag Men’ Sue the New York Post
Posted in: UncategorizedThe New York Post has been sued by two men who say a front-page photo of them at the Boston Marathon before it was bombed falsely portrayed them as possible suspects.
The defamation lawsuit over the April 18 article, with the headline “BAG MEN,” was filed yesterday in Massachusetts Superior Court in Boston by two local men, Salaheddin Barhoum, 16, and Yassine Zaimi, 24, who say they are avid runners who were never sought by authorities after the attack.
The front-page photo and headline became a centerpiece of broad criticism of the media coverage’s following the Boston Marathon bombing, but editor Col Allen previously defended the Post’s coverage. "The image was emailed to law-enforcement agencies yesterday afternoon seeking information about these men, as our story reported," he said in the statement. "We did not identify them as suspects."
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