Unless news organizations—most of which are in dire financial straits—stand firm using established law that will protect them ...
The CNN defamation trial with U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young revealed a rare inside look at the network’s books that showed its net worth was cut in half from 2021 to 2023.
A jury will weigh whether NBC News and MSNBC defamed a doctor when they reported on unfounded allegations of hysterectomies ...
"You lied to the jury, did you not?" Freedman asked. "I did not," Marquardt claimed.
In the CNN case, the jury in Pensacola, Florida, returned its verdict on Friday after roughly nine hours of deliberations in ...
The case, the verdict, and an afternoon settlement with Young have been reported on by much of the news media, and especially ...
A CNN employee says losing a high-profile defamation case this week might have been expected inside the network, but that ...
CNN has been ordered to pay $5 million to Navy veteran Zachary Young and additional punitive damages for defamation, marking a shift in media standards and a decline in ratings.
Zachary Young alleged CNN defamed him in a report by chief security correspondent Alex Marquardt that said he operated in a ...
The jury in Panama City, Florida, deliberated for more than eight hours starting Thursday before ruling in favor of Zachary ...
Libel laws are generally protective of news organizations, and plaintiffs must meet a high standard to prove defamation. The jury in Panama City, Florida ... was accurate. CNN said it would have no ...
CNN paid an undisclosed settlement to a U.S. Navy veteran after a Florida jury found the network defamed him on Jake Tapper's ...