Last week, CNN settled a defamation lawsuit with security contractor Zachary Young after a Florida jury found that the ...
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 ...
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.