Defamation Suit: Now-Deleted Video Shows CNN Lawyer Explaining Oversight

NewsBusters obtained a now-deleted YouTube video of one of the members of Triad speaking to some journalism students at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications about their work.

The video features Triad member Drew Shenkman speaking with then-professor and director Frank LoMonte’s students via Zoom during the pandemic (LoMonte is now senior counsel for CNN). Shenkman explained how CNN trained their journalists to bring them stories that “allege wrongdoing” and “are obviously defamatory."

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