CNN is under fire as Navy veteran Zachary Young testifies in his $1 billion lawsuit against the network, telling judge and jury that a CNN report that aired November 11, 2021, had “destroyed his reputation and business.”
Young’s suit alleges that the segment — which aired on “The Lead” with anchor Jake Tapper and featured reporting by correspondent Alex Marquardt — incorrectly implied that he had profited illegally from his efforts to aid in the evacuation of “desperate Afghans” who were trying to flee the country in the wake of President Joe Biden’s disastrous military withdrawal from Afghanistan months earlier.
As reported by Fox News Digital, “14th Judicial Circuit Court Judge William S. Henry, who is presiding over the trial in Bay County, Florida, has already ruled that Young ‘did not act illegally or criminally’ despite what the network reported on air. Judge Henry has also declared the court found Young ‘did not take money from Afghans.’”
CNN’s reporting painted a very different picture, however. Twice before the November 11 segment even aired, Tapper had teased a story about “desperate Afghans still trying to escape the country being preyed on by folks demanding that they pay up big time to get out.”
Tapper then introduced Marquardt’s report, saying, “Afghans trying to get out of the country face a black market full of promises, demands of exorbitant fees, and no guarantee of safety or success.” […]
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