CNN SETTLES NICK SANDMANN DEFAMATION LAWSUIT"This is really good news for everybody on the planet because it's a turning point," co-host Greg Gutfeld said. Several mainstream media outlets, including CNN, portrayed Sandmann and the other teens as being racially charged aggressors in the encounter. Fox 19 first reported that CNN settled with Sandmann on Tuesday for an undisclosed amount. The $250 million defamation suit sought damages for the "emotional distress Nicholas and his family suffered" in the fallout of the network's reporting. "When you go into discovery...some people say 'We don't want all of this stuff out there, we will pay.'

Source: Fox News January 09, 2020 00:11 UTC