Posted on 06/24/2024 7:19:09 AM PDT by CFW
The case may not be as well known (yet), but CNN could be facing a defamation liability rivaling or exceeding the $787 million Fox News paid out to Dominion Voting Systems. NewsBusters recently reported on Florida’s First District Court of Appeals affirming that plaintiff Zachary Young could seek punitive damages, in addition to economic and emotional damages, from the Cable News Network in a civil trial after they allegedly defamed him regarding his work in getting people out of Afghanistan. The total could near or exceed $1 billion.
For that outcome to be remotely in the cards, Young needed to prove malice and according to the ruling, he’s done exactly that. “Young sufficiently proffered evidence of actual malice, express malice, and a level of conduct outrageous enough to open the door for him to seek punitive damages,” Judge William Scott Henry wrote in the court’s ruling.
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The case hinged on CNN’s use of the phrases “black market” and “exploited” to describe Young’s legitimate business helping corporately sponsored Afghans escape the country as it collapsed around them and the Taliban retook control. Young’s clients included Audible and Bloomberg News - one of CNN’s industry peers, and he saved 24 people.
Freedman said CNN essentially “branded [Young] a human trafficker” and a “war profiteer” and broadcasted it to millions of households.
Jake Tapper, the host whose show the allegedly defamatory story ran on (The Lead), also made a point to note that people seeking escape were given “no guarantee of safety or success.” Yet, at no point could CNN prove that what Young was doing was a scam. In fact, their editors admitted in messages that couldn’t find evidence of it.
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Ah, do you mean that once the genie is out of the bottle, it can’t be stopped. The Lawfare Genie is like the Borg. Only now it is the DNC DONAR CLASS that stands to lose the most. Tears of joy;)
oh i trust CNN to be evil and wrong about every thing.
Tears of joy indeed. The left thinks they are protected from any repercussions of their actions.
Another article from Newsbusters regarding the media here:
“Watch Out for Shenanigans From CNN Debate Moderators Tapper and Bash!”
If anyone tries to talk about this on CNN, "journalist" Hasie will shut 'em down!
BTTT
Question: Did Fox actually fight the Dominion accusations or just write them a corporate check to continue steeling elections?
Trump can mention that to Jake during the debate to get the story more mileage.
“Jake, How is your defamation lawsuit going about the hero in Afghanistan? You lied about me too and continue to lie.”
CNN was just unlucky in that this happened in Florida, where the law is actually followed. Had this happened in New York, the results would have been different.
Ryan and the Murdoch kids sent Dominion close to a Billion as a subsidy. They were not about to let discovery take place. Lake was was the chance to get to truth about the 20 steal and they stole the race from her in the most brazen election fraud of them all.
Show a lawyer a new way to use law for unjust riches, oops I mean righting a wrong 🤣, and stand out of the way of the stampede…
Would the payout be less if CNN could prove that hardly anyone watches their network and "broadcasted it to millions of households" is not possible?
“Question: Did Fox actually fight the Dominion accusations or just write them a corporate check to continue steeling elections?”
As I recall they didn’t put up much of a fight with facts, let the case be tried in the media (CNN, MSNBC, WAPO, etc), and just quickly wrote them a check.
Plaintiff really has the goods on CNN this time. They really did have intimacy with the family dog on this story. Pity; they’ve been the most trusted name in news until now
“Would the payout be less if CNN could prove that hardly anyone watches their network and “broadcasted it to millions of households” is not possible?”
Good point. CNN could argue “no one watches us since we are fake news so there is little evidence anyone saw Tapper’s program”.
Well.... maybe ‘millions’ were forced to watch in lots of airports, perhaps.
Dominion Voting System...DVS.....DEVIOUS!
THEY PLAY ROUGH. NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO DEEOLY!
CNN- Communist News Network.
ABC- All Bull Crap.
NBC- Nothing But Crap.
CBS- Constant Bull S**t.
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