A Florida jury has found that CNN defamed a Navy veteran regarding a 2021 story about the veteran, suggesting that he was running a “black market” by charging “exorbitant prices” to evacuate individuals from Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal process.
Categories: AfghanistanAlex MarquardtAssociated Pressblack marketBlake WolfBusinessCNNCNN executivescompensatory damagesDefamationDevin FreedmanFloridaGeorgiajake tapperjournalistic integritymediaNavy veteranOAN Newsroompanama citysponsorsTalibanTodays HeadlinestrialU.S. withdrawalunregulated circumstanceswar-torn countryZachary Young