CNN found liable for defamation, jury awards US Navy veteran $5 million
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A jury in Florida has found CNN liable for defaming a US Navy veteran in a 2021 segment on Afghanistan that included him.
A jury in Florida has found CNN liable for defaming a US Navy veteran in a 2021 segment on Afghanistan that included him. The jury awarded the veteran, Zachary Young, $5 million on Friday and will next decide possible punitive damages. The two-week trial was held in Bay County, Florida.
Los Angeles was already in a housing crisis before the wildfires consumed large parts of the county: There weren’t enough homes to keep up with demand, making it one of the least affordable real estate markets in the country. Now, the word “crisis” fails to capture the situation on the ground. Thousands of people suddenly need homes. And thousands of homes are suddenly ash.
Right-wing media figures call for withholding California wildfire aid, blame ‘liberals’ for disaster
Prominent right-wing media personalities are calling on the federal government to withhold or place conditions on disaster aid for victims of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, blaming California’s own policies for the scale of the devastation and response.