CNN found liable for defamation, jury awards US Navy veteran $5 …
22 hours ago · A jury in Florida has found CNN liable for defaming a US Navy veteran in a 2021 segment on Afghanistan that included him. The jury awarded the veteran, Zachary Young, $5 million on Friday and will ...
CNN found guilty in Florida trial of libeling Navy veteran in Afghan ...
1 day ago · The jury has awarded Young $5 million in damages and is now being asked to determine whether CNN must pay additional punitive damages. It was an unusual guilty ruling against a media outlet in a defamation case. Libel laws are generally protective of news organizations, and plaintiffs must meet a high standard to prove defamation.
CNN liable of defamation for story on 'black market' evacuations …
23 hours ago · The jury found CNN liable for defamation per se, meaning it had harmed Young by the very words it chose, and for defamation by implication, that is, it had harmed his reputation by the ...
CNN Ordered to Pay at Least $5 Million for Defaming Security …
1 day ago · A CNN spokeswoman on Friday that the company would wait to comment until after the jury orders the network to pay any punitive damages. ... A voting technology company’s $2.7 billion defamation ...
CNN found liable in Florida trial for defaming Navy veteran in …
22 hours ago · A Florida jury on Friday found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of that country. It was an unusual ...
CNN settles with US Navy veteran after $5 million defamation …
1 day ago · CNN reached a settlement on Friday with a U.S. Navy veteran who helped evacuate people from Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdrew from the country in 2021, a judge said on Friday, hours ...
CNN Settles Defamation Suit After Being Ordered to Pay $5 Million
1 day ago · CNN Settles Defamation Suit After Being Ordered to Pay $5 Million. The case, which involved a 2021 segment about a private security contractor in Afghanistan, played out as media organizations ...
CNN Settles Defamation Suit After Jury Found It Liable for …
CNN on Friday agreed to pay a U.S. Navy veteran an undisclosed sum after a Florida jury found the network liable for defaming him in a segment about evacuation work in Afghanistan. The last-minute ...
CNN Loses Defamation Trial Over Afghan Evacuation Report
1 day ago · Zachary Young alleged CNN defamed him in a report by chief security correspondent Alex Marquardt that said he operated in a "black market." By Winston Cho CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 ...
CNN defamation trial comes at a rough time for legacy media — …
Jan 8, 2025 · NEW YORK (AP) — At a particularly inopportune time for legacy media and CNN, the news outlet is on trial in Florida this week, accused of defaming a Navy veteran involved in rescuing endangered Afghans from that country when the U.S. ended its …
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