Things are not going well at CNN. And this latest billion dollar nightmare actually has to do with CNN's usual nemesis: the ratings. But the issue at hand isn't about CNN's lagging ratings themselves -- it's about what CNN talking head Jake Tapper actually thinks of those ratings.

A six-member jury in Bay County, Florida, found the network was liable for defamation because of a segment that aired on “The Lead with Jake Tapper” where reporter Alex Marquardt painted Zachary Young, the Navy vet CEO, as an “illegal profiteer” who was exploiting “desperate Afghans” with “exorbitant” fees, Law & Crime reported.

CNN's Jake Tapper testified under oath in his network's defamation trial that he doesn't "pay attention to ratings," but his social media posts tell a different story.