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In lieu of adding more in-person witnesses to a trial with a hard deadline, Tuesday’s proceedings in the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN featured the sworn deposition videos of five CNN employees who had their fingerprints on the offending report. One of the more eyebrow-raising testimonies of the bunch came from CNN anchor Jake Tapper who’s show - The Lead - the report…

Week Two of the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN kicked off Monday with the testimony of CNN chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt, the architect of the allegedly defamatory report. The key moments from this time on the witness stand were when he refused to apologize to Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young, doubled down on the false assertions that Young was…

In addition to CNN’s defamation lawyer smearing a decorated two-star general in open court during Friday’s proceedings, it was the first time someone from CNN was called to testify in the $1 billion defamation trial against the network. Senior editor and fact-checker Fuzz Hogan was on the witness stand where he was belligerent with plaintiff’s counsel, oozed arrogance, defended CNN’s editorial…

CNN’s lead counsel in the $1 billion defamation trial against them, David Axelrod (not to be confused with the CNN commentator of the same name) had yet another angry outburst at a witness on the stand, on Friday. After going berserk on Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young the previous day, decorated Army Major General James V. Young (no relation to the plaintiff) was in Axelrod’s sights;…

Thursday was the most eventful day in the $1 billion defamation suit against CNN - so far - as the testimony of Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young concluded. The previous day’s emotional testimony from Young seemed to temper the ability for CNN’s lead counsel David Axelrod (not to be confused with CNN commentator David Axelrod) to be combative and accusatory. With a night of rest after…

U.S. Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young continued his testimony Wednesday in the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN. The morning’s testimony featured the jurors being shown fairly damaging messages between Young and CNN reporters Katie Bo Lillis and Alex Marquardt. The messages showed Young was lied to about the nature of CNN’s reporting and Young warning them what they were about…

Tuesday was Day Two, the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN and it was an eventful one. Opening arguments took up most of the morning, testimony from Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young took the rest of the day, and repeated objections from CNN resulting in several asides with Judge William Scott Henry disrupted the flow often. But still, the jurors seemed receptive to what Young and…

CNN’s live coverage of Congress’s election certification on Monday included a panel of various hosts and commentators reminiscing about the dramatic events of January 6th, 2021. Amid the faux hysterics, sympathy for Vice President Kamala Harris, and somber attitudes, Scott Jennings prevailed as a voice of reason, providing some much-needed reality checks to his fellow panelists.

After over six hours, Day One of the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN wrapped with a successful construction of the jury that would be hearing the case over the next two weeks in Panama City, Florida. Made up of six jurors and two alternatives, the…

As the media switch from Regime to Resistance, so switches the way legislation is framed and reported to the American public. Viewers of CNN's State of the Union witnessed such an example in real time, when host Jake Tapper and Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) discussed the renewal of portions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: more commonly known as the Trump tax cuts.

After two years of litigation, days worth of time spent in a litany of hearings and deposition testimonies, and boat loads of money spent on lawyers, the trial in the $1 billion defamation suit against CNN is set to begin this Monday, January 6. A lot has happened over the last several months as arguments shifted, witnesses axed, and rulings were made by Judge Williams Scott Henry. So now’s…

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CNN is set to ring in the New Year in a Panama City, Florida courtroom (on January 6) as they try to defend themselves from a $1 billion defamation lawsuit. But before they even got there the network got hit with a set back in the form of getting witness testimony partially axed by the judge. Judge William Scott Henry of Florida’s 14th Circuit Court ordered that CNN’s expert witness on alleged…