CNN Defamation Trial Comes At A Rough Time For Legacy Media — And For The Struggling Network
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.
CNN defamation trial over Afghanistan report kicks off in Florida
A private security consultant accuses the network of naming him in a story that claimed some private contractors were charging Afghans thousands for assistance fleeing from the country.
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WATCH LIVE: CNN defamation trial underway after Navy veteran sues network
Navy veteran Zachary Young is accusing the network of defaming him after showing his face on-air while talking about the 'black market' smuggling Afghans out the country for thousands of dollars.
CNN Defamation Trial: Jurors Are Urged to ‘Send a Message' to Mainstream Media
An attorney urged jurors on Tuesday to “send a message to the mainstream media” by finding that CNN defamed a security contractor in a 2021 report about Afghan refugees. Zachary Young is suing the network in Panama City,
CNN goes on trial for defamation as legacy media faces growing challenges, AP Explains
At a particularly inopportune time for legacy media, CNN is on trial in Florida this week, accused of defaming a Navy veteran involved in rescuing endangered Afghans from the country when the U.S. ended its involvement there in 2021.
CNN chose ‘theater over truth’ and ‘destroyed the life of an American Patriot,’ lawyer says to kick off trial
Zachary Young’s legal team accused CNN of choosing "theater over truth" in a desperate attempt to drive ratings, which ...
'I became an outcast': Navy veteran and CNN duke it out with emotional arguments during direct testimony and combative cross-examination in high-stakes defamatio…
In various ways, the attorneys on both sides aimed to tug at the heartstrings of the women and men determining the facts in ...
In trial testimony, contractor says CNN story ruined his career
Zachary Young told a Florida jury Tuesday that a 2021 CNN report on evacuations from Afghanistan made him out to be a ...
CNN Coverage Lawsuit: Full List of Claims Coming Out During Trial
Defamation trials are rare in the U.S. due to constitutional protections for the press, which make proving libel difficult. Young filed the lawsuit against CNN in 2022. He accused the company of ...
Lawyers for security consultant say CNN report on Afghan evacuations destroyed his career
A Florida court is hearing Zachary Young's defamation case over a 2021 story on the high price of getting out of Afghanistan ...
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The Navy veteran Zachary Young who's suing CNN for defamation said on the witness stand that CNN ignored facts he told the.