After CNN was found liable for defamation on Friday, NBC host Tom Llamas brought on NPR media reporter David Folkenflik to survey the damages on Tom Llamas Now on the NBC News Now streaming channel.
Llamas showed words from the CNN text exchanges were Young is referred to with “We’re gonna nail this mf—er” and he’s an “a—hole” and “s—bag” and “what a punchable face.” Then he said “We should mention the CNN producers and reporters did not deny these text messages, but denied that the messages implied that the story was a quote, ‘hit piece.’”
It’s like CNN claiming that taking a bat to somebody’s windshield was not, quote, “vandalism.” Llamas then worried that jurors just aren’t knowledgeable enough about professional journalists (like CNN was professional on this story?)
LLAMAS: How do you think these messages were…
