CNN has been ordered to pay $5 million to Navy veteran Zachary Young and additional punitive damages for defamation, marking a shift in media standards and a decline in ratings.

The rare defamation trial involving a major media company could serve as a deterrent to other outlets.

(AP) - After a Florida jury found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran who helped rescue endangered Afghans, the network reached a settlement on Friday to avoid a punishing order that it pay punitive ...

News network reached a deal with Navy veteran as it was facing potentially tens of millions of dollars in punitive damages.

A jury in Panama City, Florida on Friday found CNN guilty of defaming a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid ...

CNN settled with a security consultant after a Florida jury found the network had defamed him in a story that suggested he ...

The case, which involved a 2021 segment about a private security contractor in Afghanistan, played out as media organizations ...

CNN paid an undisclosed settlement to a U.S. Navy veteran after a Florida jury found the network defamed him on Jake Tapper's ...

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The jury awarded Zachary Young $5 million in compensatory damages and found that the security contractor was also owed punitive damages. The network eventually settled with Young on the punitive ...