In the midst of facing a $1 billion defamation suit, CNN gave the primary offending journalist, Alex Marquardt a promotion to chief national security correspondent and a cushy raise to go along with it. Rationally, one might question how someone could obtain a promotion after causing their company to become entrenched in serious and costly litigation, but it was a question and series of facts that CNN was trying to hide from a Florida jury last Thursday, according to courtroom video exclusively obtained by NewsBusters.
The fact that CNN gave a journalist a promotion while there was ongoing litigation caused by their “half ass” reporting would speaks volumes to a jury about their mind set about the case.
That’s why CNN’s new lawyer David Axelrod repeatedly insisted that, “This has absolutely nothing to do with this case.” “What happened two…
