{"id":165466,"date":"2025-01-18T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=165466"},"modified":"2025-01-18T11:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:25:31","slug":"jury-cnn-defamed-navy-vet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=165466","title":{"rendered":"Jury: CNN Defamed Navy Vet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jury finds CNN defamed Navy veteran with segment on Afghan refugees<\/h3>\n

Story by Dominick Mastrangelo<\/strong><\/p>\n

A jury in Florida on Friday found that CNN defamed a Navy veteran with a report on his business that aired in 2021 and awarded him $5 million damages.<\/p>\n

The plaintiff, Zachary Young, sued the network saying it harmed his business by including him in a 2021 segment about contractors who the report suggested were profiteering off Afghan refugees trying to flee the country after the Biden administration pulled U.S. forces out of the country.<\/p>\n

The verdict came after more than eight hours of deliberation at a courthouse in Bay County, Fla., where jurors during a multiday trial were shown a string of evidence including depositions from top CNN anchor Jake Tapper and messages between reporter Alex Marquardt and Young before the segment ran.<\/p>\n

As part of the verdict, the jury awarded Young $4 million in lost business damages and $1 million in personal damages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n

The judge, 14th Judicial Circuit Court Judge William S. Henry, announced that Young and CNN reached a settlement that would be awarded to the Navy veteran before the jury determined a punitive amount. An expert witness had mentioned $150 million as fair punishment for CNN, but the actual amount is undisclosed.<\/p>\n

ABC News will pay $15 million in a settlement reached with President-elect Trump in his defamation suit against the network, and anchor George Stephanopoulos will pay an additional $1 million. Trump also has filed a $10 billion with a “B” lawsuit against CBS for it’s \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview with then candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

Seems the main stream media’s chickens are coming home, to roost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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