NAVY VETERAN AWARDED $5M IN CNN DEFAMATION LAWSUIT

A jury in Florida on Friday found that CNN defamed a Navy veteran with a report on his business that aired in 2021 and awarded him $5 million damages.  The plaintiff, Zachary Young, sued the network saying it harmed his business by including him in a 2021 segment about contractors who the report suggested were profiteering off Afghan refugees trying to flee the country after the Biden administration pulled U.S. forces out of the country.  MORE AT Navy veteran awarded $5M in CNN defamation lawsuit