After criticism in a November article in the Washington City Paper, a weekly newspaper, Washington Redskins owner Daniel M. Snyder choose to threaten litigation rather than ask for equal time or corrections and ultimately filed a defamation suit against the newspaper.
In a commentary in The New York Times, February 6, David Carr wrote, “Neither Mr. Snyder nor his executives ever got in touch with the newspaper or its editors, preferring to try to exercise leverage on the hedge fund that owned it. The effort to cut out the middleman and apply direct pressure on the ownership reflects a level of aggression that would have come in handy on the field during yet another hapless Redskins season.” -db
From The New York Times, February 6, 2011, by David Carr.