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.
Who is Zachary Young? Navy Veteran Involved in CNN Defamation Trial
Zachary Young, a U.S. Navy veteran and former U.S. government operative, is accusing CNN of defamation in a case that is currently on trial in Florida. Defamation trials are rare in the U.S. due to constitutional protections for the press, which make proving libel difficult.
During the network's defamation trial, a lawyer for Zachary Young alleged a CNN editor "capitulated to the gods of media." ...
Judge William Henry forced CNN’s attorney to apologize to the plaintiff in the high-profile defamation trial on Thursday ...
In following the defamation trial against CNN by veteran Zachary Young, we have previously (here, here, and here) marveled at ...
A director of standards at CNN defended the network's story at the center of a defamation case as "very fair." ...
Tensions were high as the first expert witness took the stand at the CNN defamation trial brought by U.S. Navy veteran ...
In the high-profile case against CNN in a Florida courtroom, employees defended the network’s commitment to fairness.
CNN’s Alexander Marquardt took the stand in a Florida defamation trial Monday, defending his 2021 report that a security ...
CNN editor Thomas Lumley was grilled on Tuesday after internal messages showed he was skeptical of the "pretty flawed" report ...
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