After over six hours, Day One of the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN wrapped with a successful construction of the jury that would be hearing the case over the next two weeks in Panama City, Florida. Made up of six jurors and two alternatives, the jury is a mix of six women and two men. At one time, one of them worked at an ABC News affiliate and another who works as a military contractor with the Department of Defense; both occupations have ties to this case.
The pool of prospective jurors was over 40-people strong; several of which were openly hostile and disapproving of the news media industry and weren’t shy about letting CNN’s legal team know it.
Jury selection started hot with prospective Juror One telling the court that he would not be able to be impartial in the case because they strongly disliked the media.
Prospective Juror Two told the…
