CNN faces defamation suit from 'Project Veritas' : Here is what happened

On Thursday, a federal appeals court in the United States gave its nod to a complaint against CNN for defaming Project Veritas with actual malice. Project Veritas, a US-based conservative group known for investigative journalism, filed a complaint in 2021 against the leftist propaganda news network for falsely claiming that the former was banned from X for ‘promoting misinformation.’ According to the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in the Northern District of Georgia, Project Veritas has reasonably argued for its claim of defamation by CNN and its ‘journalist’ Ana Cabrera. That was a lie.… pic.twitter.com/kKSKI7xSXE — Project Veritas November 7, 2024 The US-based conservative group highlighted in 2021 that it was de-platformed by Twitter for exposing private information and not ‘promoting misinformation.’ Project Veritas had asked CNN to issue a retraction, which the leftist propaganda news network refused to do. And although the district court did not reach the issue, we also hold that Veritas plausibly alleged that the statements were published with actual malice, an additional requirement imposed by the First Amendment in a defamation suit involving public figures. https://t.co/doKua78DG2 pic.twitter.com/SlX7mRLM0R — Project Veritas November 7, 2024 CNN is also facing another defamation suit from a US Navy veteran for smearing his reputation and falsely accusing him of illegal profiteering from refugees fleeing Afghanistan in 2021.