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CNN Hit With $275M Defamation Suit Over Covington Fake News

Tim Pool Daily News

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4.47.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

CNN Hit With $275M Defamation Suit Over Covington Fake News. The lawsuit over the Covington incident has hit CNN. They now face $275M in compensatory and punitive damages for their incorrect reporting about Nicholas Sandmann.People were outraged that CNN would push fake news and lies from Nathan Phillips without question and smear the Covington kids without investigation. The suit claims they made several videos, tweets, and reports that were incorrect and CNN failed to do basic journalistic work.But why do media companies push this kind of news without checking facts? Its the "Trump Bump." Even if the news is fake they still get clicks and still make money. There is nothing but money to be made form posting this fake news about Trump and the MAGA Kids. Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The next major lawsuit from the Covington High School kids has dropped.

0:04.0

Lawyers for Nicholas Sandman yesterday announced they have filed a lawsuit against CNN

0:09.0

to the tune of $275 million.

0:12.4

Now about a week ago, we heard they were planning on announcing soon, but this is it, the official

0:16.4

announcement. This comes just about a month after we heard that Washington Post was being sued for

0:21.7

$250 million. Now there is some other news in this area. Recently, the New York Post issued an

0:27.7

editorial statement not a correction and was a slammed by the lawyers for Nicholas Sandman.

0:32.1

But I also want to address the issue of why the fake news persists, why it's happening,

0:36.4

and some of ramifications. I have talked about this before, but today, let's start by talking

0:40.4

about exactly what's happening with this lawsuit against CNN. They've also dropped a video

0:45.5

explaining why they're suing, and then we'll take a look at the issue of the Trump bump

0:50.0

and the lucrative nature of producing fake news. But before we get started, make sure you

0:54.3

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0:59.6

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1:04.9

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1:09.7

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1:13.9

social media to help spread the message. From Reuters, CNN hit with $275 million

1:19.5

defamation suit by Kentucky student. A Kentucky teenager sued CNN on Tuesday for defamation,

1:24.5

saying the cable network falsely conveyed to its viewers that he was the face of an unruly

1:29.3

hate mob confronting a Native American activist at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in January.

1:34.0

The lawsuit filed on behalf of Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Samman in federal

1:38.0

court in Kentucky seeks $275 million in compensatory and punitive damages over the videotaped

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