Katie Couric sued over deceptive editing in gun control documentary

Now VCDL is suing Couric and Soechtig for “false and defamatory footage,” according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by the gun-rights website Bearing Arms. VCDL alleges in the lawsuit that Couric and Soechtig “manipulated the footage in service of an agenda: They wanted to establish that there is no basis for opposing universal background checks by fooling viewers into believing that even a panel of pro-Second Amendment advocates could not provide one.”

VCDL claimed Couric and Soechtig “acted with actual malice” by telling members of the group to sit silently for 10 seconds while they allegedly calibrated recording equipment. It was this clip, the group believes, that was used in the film to make them appear unable to answer the question.

In addition to deceptively editing, the group alleges that filmmakers used lighting trickery to make them appear sinister, while portraying gun-control activists in a more positive light.