Bloomberg Law
May 16, 2019, 3:51 PM UTC

CNN Defends Reporting on Covington Catholic, Tribal Elder Clash

Mike Leonard
Mike Leonard
Legal Intelligence Reporter

CNN fired back at the Kentucky teenager who sued the network for $275 million over its reporting on his confrontation with an American Indian elder.

Nicholas Sandmann, who was wearing a Make America Great Again hat during the widely viewed incident, has accused CNN of “vilifying and bullying him” to push an anti-Trump agenda. The network recklessly advanced the false story that he was the ringleader of a racist mob of white students chanting “build that wall,” the lawsuit claims. The chant is a favorite at President Donald Trump’s rallies.

CNN defended its reporting in a May 15 motion to ...

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