NEW: CNN Reporter Ousted After Network Loses Court Battle Over His ‘Fake News’ Story
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on June 2, 2025
By michael
A longtime CNN correspondent just received some bad news regarding the future of his career with the network. This comes five months after his reporting resulted in the company losing millions of dollars due to a defamation trial.
Alex Marquardt, who had been with the news outlet for 8 years, has been given his walking papers, ending his time as a reporter with CNN on a truly negative note.
“Some personal news: I’m leaving CNN after 8 terrific years. Tough to say goodbye but it’s been an honor to work among the very best in the business. Profound thank you to my comrades on the National Security team & the phenomenal teammates I’ve worked with in the US and abroad,” Marquardt said in a post published on X.
Oliver Darcy, a former CNN media correspondent, said that Marquardt was given the boot due to “editorial differences.” However, the disgraced reporter was careful to be vague when announcing the news of his departure on Monday.
In January, a jury in Bay County, Florida, decided CNN had defamed U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young, going on to rule that Young could seek punitive damages due to a report from Marquardt dated November 2021.
Young accused the liberal news network of smearing his character by implying he made money off helping folks escape Afghanistan during the Biden withdrawal debacle. The veteran said the report “destroyed his reputation and business” by making him out to be a profiteer who was exploiting “desperate Afghans.”
Before the jury could determine punitive damages, CNN and Young agreed to a settlement with an undisclosed amount. The jury awarded Young $5 million for financial and emotional damages before the two reached a settlement.
The foreman for the jury spoke with Fox News and said they were ready and willing to make CNN fork over “somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 million to $100 million.”
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