CNN has been ordered to pay $5 million to Navy veteran Zachary Young and additional punitive damages for defamation, marking a shift in media standards and a decline in ratings.

Zachary Young alleged CNN defamed him in a report by chief security correspondent Alex Marquardt that said he operated in a ...

Zachary Young sued the network in 2021 after it ran a segment on contractors profiting off refugees trying to flee ...

CNN reached a $5 million settlement with U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young, averting a second trial phase over punitive damages ...

The case, which involved a 2021 segment about a private security contractor in Afghanistan, played out as media organizations ...

The  jury awarded $5 million to security contractor Zachary Young and punitive damages were being discussed when CNN reached ...

CNN paid an undisclosed settlement to a U.S. Navy veteran after a Florida jury found the network defamed him on Jake Tapper's ...

CNN reached a settlement on Friday with a U.S. Navy veteran who helped evacuate people from Afghanistan after the U.S.

After the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021, Young was a private contractor helping Afghans escape. CNN segment labeled ...

CNN claimed Young's organization charged $75,000 per vehicle for road evacuations from Kabul to Pakistan and $14,500 per ...

A Florida jury found CNN liable Friday for defaming a Navy vet who assisted multiple people in escaping Afghanistan after the ...

CNN's Jake Tapper and Maggie Haberman discuss Donald Trump's return to the White House and his higher approval ratings before his second term starts: JAKE TAPPER: Brand new CNN poll gives us some ...