CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt was questioned about his extensive efforts to investigate Navy veteran Zachary Young, who is suing CNN for defamation. The questioning focused on whether Young was a central figure in a November 2021 CNN report that accused him of profiting from desperate Afghans fleeing the country after the Biden administration's military withdrawal.
PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt was pressed on Monday about his extensive efforts to dig up dirt on the Navy veteran suing CNN for defamation, undercutting CNN ’s defense that the plaintiff, Zachary Young, was not a central focus of the report at the heart of the lawsuit.
This prompted Marquardt to slightly walk back his comment. Marquardt insisted he didn’t do a 'hit piece' on Young. 'I wasn't looking to take anyone down. I didn't take anyone down,' Marquardt testified. Other internal messages show that Marquardt planned on making Young the topic of a story despite fellow CNN reporter Katie Bo Lillis telling Young she wanted to speak to learn the lay of the land for a larger story on evacuations.
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