Associated Press Tries to Get Navy Veteran’s Defamation Suit Tossed

May 21st, 2025 11:10 AM

As NewsBusters was first to report, in April, the Associated Press was sued for defamation by U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young with combined damages possibly reaching $453 million. In a Monday filing obtained by NewsBusters, the AP via their lawyer Charles Tobin (who also represented CNN during Young’s successful defamation trial against them) requested that the court dismiss the case.

OH STUFF IT: AP Tries to Shush Hype Over Good Inflation News for Trump

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May 13th, 2025 4:00 PM

The Associated Press is feverishly trying to stoke doom and gloom on the heels of a welcome inflation report showing prices increasing less than expected. This, of course, is after the decrepit outlet spent the past four years attempting to put lipstick on the morbidly obese pig of President Joe Biden’s atrocious economy. 

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LOL: CNN Claims Funding PBS, NPR is an 'Investment in the Free Press'

April 29th, 2025 1:30 PM

CNN might be funnier than the late night comedy shows, albeit unintentionally. During CNN Newsroom’s Saturday pregame show ahead of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, media analyst Sara Fischer claimed that freedom of the press has become increasingly politicized. Her first example was to claim that funding PBS and NPR is an “investment in the free press,” but that has now become…

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HA HA: AP Boasts They Offer 'Accurate, Independent, Nonpartisan' News

April 29th, 2025 6:19 AM

At the self-congratulatory White House Correspondents Dinner, Associated Press White House reporter Zeke Miller claimed against all the evidence that "At the AP’s core is a commitment to accurate, independent, nonpartisan journalism that unflinchingly holds power to account no matter which political party is in office." That's not what the record shows.

Navy Vet Seeks $453 Million from Associated Press in Defamation Suit

April 26th, 2025 6:20 PM

In a Friday Notice of Filing, Navy veteran Zachary Young notified Florida’s 14th Judicial Circuit in Bay County, that he would be seeking upwards of $453 million in damages through his defamation suit against The Associated Press. The wire service allegedly falsely accused Young of committing a felony while rescuing nearly two dozen women and a baby from Afghanistan.

Navy Vet Expands Wave of Defamation Suits to U.S. News & World Report

April 24th, 2025 11:54 AM

Navy veteran Zachary Young filed a defamation suit against U.S. News & World Report on Wednesday, the third such defamation suit filed after his trial victory against CNN in January. In the complaint filed with Florida’s 14th Judicial Circuit in Bay County, Young alleged that U.S. News had defamed him by way of republishing the same Associated Press article he recently sued them for.

How Wikipedia Attacks on JD Vance Increased from Author to VP Pick

April 17th, 2025 10:36 AM

MRC Free Speech America has already exposed Wikipedia editors for marring the pages of several of President Donald Trump’s nominees. A new MRC study confirms that they have also worked to denigrate now-Vice President JD Vance.

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AP Calls Defamation Suit ‘Frivolous’ as Young Seeks Punitive Damages

April 16th, 2025 1:07 PM

The liberal media love to portray themselves as the sole gatekeepers of truth and facts; and when they get called out for getting things wrong, they get very testy and indignant. The Associated Press flashed that attitude in a letter to Navy veteran Zachary Young, and in recent comments about the defamation suit against them (after they falsely claimed Young was engaged in “human smuggling” in…

MRC’s Schneider Tells Newsmax: Trump Is Coming for Censorship Cartel

April 14th, 2025 5:40 PM

MRC Free Speech Vice President Dan Schneider poured cold water on the left’s selective interest in free speech and highlighted outrageous censorship uncovered by MRC Free Speech America.

U.S. News Pulls Republished AP Article that Sparked Defamation Suit

April 14th, 2025 11:22 AM

As NewsBusters was first to report, on Friday, Navy veteran Zachary Young had filed a lawsuit against The Associated Press for defamation after they falsely described his Afghanistan evacuation efforts as “human smuggling,” a term the AP Stylebook said was reserved for illegal activity. Over the weekend, U.S. News and World Report retracted their republication of the offending AP…

Associated Press Faces Defamation Lawsuit from Navy Vet Who Beat CNN

April 11th, 2025 11:56 AM

In a Friday filing with Florida’s 14th Judicial Circuit in Bay County, Navy veteran Zachary Young filed a defamation suit against the Associated Press for making similar claims against him which led to CNN being found liable for malicious defamation. The complaint pointed out that the AP used similar rhetoric against Young that they used for criminal conduct and that they refused to…

Judge Rules with AP, Against Trump White House in Press Pool Ban

April 8th, 2025 7:27 PM

Early Tuesday night, Trump-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden largely ruled in favor of the supposedly poor souls at the Associated Press (AP) in its ongoing legal fight against the Trump White House for barring them from their entitled, seemingly gilded spot in the White House press pool.

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Leavitt Praises WashPost Changes, Battles AP, CNN, Politico on Tariffs

March 12th, 2025 1:58 PM

On Tuesday’s installment of the White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt praised the changes owner Jeff Bezos is making at The Washington Post, gave the “new media” seat to Saagar Enjeti of Breaking Points, and faced tough questions from across the spectrum on the economy from Fox News, CNN, Politico, and even the Associated Press.

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OMISSION: A Melania-Sized Gap in NBC’s “Protect the Children” Report

March 4th, 2025 2:36 AM

NBC’s reporting on protecting children from harmful content was undermined by an enormous omission: Melania Trump’s visit to Capitol Hill to advocate for children exposed to online exploitation.