Fake News Spewer CNN Gets Slapped With Defamation Lawsuit

"Carbone’s lawyer L. Lin Wood told LawNews.com: “In our case, we contended that CNN essentially made up its own standard in order to conduct an ‘apples to oranges’ comparison to support its false assertion that St. Mary’s mortality rate was 3 times higher than the national average. Accordingly, the case against CNN certainly fits the description of media-created ‘Fake News.'” Federal District Judge Orinda Evans ruled on the 15th that for the case to move forward and even made mention that CNN may have acted with “actual malice.”"