CNN can be sued for destroying organization that was rescuing people in the Afghanistan chaos

Guvnah · 2023-08-20T13:14:22.228Z

During the Afghanistan evacuation, there were individual organizations that were extracting people from Afghanistan. Some of them came under attack from opponents. The one in this link was attacked by CNN and was forced to stop its work. It was essentially destroyed by the hit piece.

Now a judge has decided that the organization can sue CNN for damages.

Even if he is made whole financially, I wonder how many more people would have been extracted had he not been forced to stop when funding sources dried up after the hit piece.

And all this is buried in the media. All I could find were minor-source coverage links behind paywalls.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4173013/posts

Edit: So the previous link is actually just a thread on the Free Republic’s discussion page.

Here is the original complaint that was d against CNN

courthousenews.com

young-v-cnn-complaint-usdc-florida.pdf

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SixFoot · 2023-08-20T13:24:45.207Z

Couldn’t be happening to a more deserving propaganda outlet. Hope he Sandmanns them all.

Guvnah · 2023-08-20T13:27:53.935Z

SixFoot:

Couldn’t be happening to a more deserving propaganda outlet. Hope he Sandmanns them all.

Maybe after they get cleaned out by libel lawsuits, their tag line will change to “This WAS CNN.”

DMK · 2023-08-20T15:08:38.571Z

CNN’s vicious and self-righteous slander removed Young from the equation and condemned an unknowable number of Afghans to death."

Absolutely disgraceful.

TheDoctorIsIn · 2023-08-20T15:18:06.551Z

This case was dismissed a month ago.

storage.courtlistener.com

gov.uscourts.flsd.610647.37.0.pdf

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WorldWatcher · 2023-08-20T17:13:02.182Z

So does that mean his proper venue for submitting a liable case would be in EU courts (if the story appeared there)?

WW

TheDoctorIsIn · 2023-08-20T17:58:52.510Z

WorldWatcher:

So does that mean his proper venue for submitting a liable case would be in EU courts (if the story appeared there)?

WW

No, he could probably file in most state courts in the US.

Guvnah · 2023-08-20T18:20:00.670Z

TheDoctorIsIn:

This case was dismissed a month ago.

I could find in your link where it says that.

And this link from earlier this month says otherwise:

ZeroHedge

Refugee-Rescuer Suing CNN For Libel Wins Right To Seek Punitive Damages

Judge William S. Henry in Bay County quoted startling language from CNN employees' internal emails and texts regarding the story that aired on Nov. 11, 2021...