Project Veritas defamation suit against CNN gets new life at 11th Circuit

Far-right activist group Project Veritas can advance defamation claims against CNN over a journalist’s inaccurate on-air statement about the reason for the group’s suspension from Twitter, an 11th Circuit panel ruled on Thursday.

The Atlanta-based appeals court ruled Project Veritas — an organization best known for its undercover video “sting” operations aimed at embarrassing progressive organizations and members of the mainstream media —  plausibly claimed its reputation was maligned under New York law by a CNN journalist who suggested the suspension was for spreading misinformation. The decision reverses a Georgia federal judge’s 2022 dismissal of the case.

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