Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — CNN wants a defamation lawsuit against it filed by North Carolina’s lieutenant governor dismissed. Mark Robinson filed the suit against the network for its report saying he once made explicit posts on a pornography website’s message board. The September report nearly led to the collapse of the Republican’s campaign for governor. Robinson ended up losing that race earlier this month. He sued in October and sa…

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CNN wants the North Carolina lieutenant governor's defamation lawsuit against it thrown out

CNN wants a defamation lawsuit against it filed by North Carolina’s lieutenant governor dismissed. Mark Robinson filed the suit against the network for its report saying he once made explicit

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CNN wants a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson that attacks its report that he made explicit posts on a pornography website's message board. The network says Robinson presented no evidence that the network believed its story was false or aired it recklessly.

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CNN asks court to dismiss N.C. lieutenant governor's defamation lawsuit

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- CNN wants a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson that attacks its report that he made explicit posts on a pornography website's message board. The network says Robinson presented no evidence that the network believed its story was false or aired it recklessly.

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The media giant filed its motion on November 21, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

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Robinson's lawsuit says, in part, that CNN chose to run its report based on data from the website NudeAfrica, which had been hacked several years ago and ran on vulnerable, outdated software. His suit claims the network did nothing to verify the posts.

CNN wants the North Carolina lieutenant governor's defamation lawsuit against it thrown out

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