CNN’s Reporting Tactics on Display

CNN defamation trial: Closing arguments made as jury begins to deliberate lawsuit against network
Lawyers on both sides delivered impassioned closing arguments on Thursday as Zachary Young’s high-profile defamation lawsuit against CNN heads to the jury.
CNN’s Reporting Tactics on Display as Defamation Trial Heads to Jury
The Florida case centers on coverage of a Navy veteran who helped with Afghanistan evacuation, but has broader implications for media industry.
Defamation case against CNN over Afghan evacuation report goes to a jury
CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt defended his story on Zachary Young, a security consultant who charged $14,000 or more to evacuate people from Afghanistan.
CNN defamation trial: Reporter accused of 'misleading' plaintiff over hiding fact he was part of CNN's story
A journalist behind the CNN report at the center of a defamation trial was accused of "misleading" the plaintiff by hiding he was always going to be part of their story.
Jury Starts Deliberations In Security Contractor’s Defamation Case Against CNN Over Story On Black Market For Afghan Evacuations
A Florida jury began deliberations this afternoon in a security consultant’s defamation lawsuit against CNN. Zachary Young sued the network following a report in 2021 that he sought exorbitant fees to evacuate Afghans in what amounted to a black market in the chaotic U.
Jury Now Deliberating in High-Stakes CNN Defamation Trial
The operative question of whether CNN can legally be held liable for defaming Zachary Young lies with the jury as of Thursday afternoon. The post Jury Now Deliberating in High-Stakes CNN Defamation Trial first appeared on Mediaite.
CNN defamation trial: Plaintiff testifies he lost security clearance in recent courtroom discovery
Zachary Young testified that he does not still have a security clearance, after CNN suggested holding the clearance would indicate he’s still able to find work.
CNN defamation trial: Jurors submit brutal questions on reporter's aggressive pursuit of Navy veteran
CNN correspondent Katie Bo Lillis was hit with hard-hitting questions by the jurors in the network's high-stakes defamation ...
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Video: WATCH LIVE: Day 8 of CNN defamation case brought by Navy veteran
Day 8 of CNN defamation case brought by Navy veteran U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young alleges CNN smeared him in a November ...
CNN Trial Goes From Bad to Worse
In following the defamation trial against CNN by veteran Zachary Young, we have previously (here, here, and here) marveled at ...
CNN defamation trial: Judge forces CNN’s lead counsel to apologize to plaintiff on the spot in courtroom
Judge William Henry forced CNN’s attorney to apologize to the plaintiff in the high-profile defamation trial on Thursday ...
Drake sues UMG Recordings, Inc. for defamation over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’
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