‘Yeah, he’s a s–––’: Internal CNN communications showcased in defamation trial between Navy veteran and cable news network as senior employee takes the stand

Fuzz Hogan on the witness stand

Fuzz Hogan on the witness stand during a defamation trial on Jan. 10, 2025 (Law&Crime).

A senior CNN employee found himself in the hot seat during the fourth day of the civil trial between the U.S. Navy veteran and the cable news network he claims defamed him in a story about his work extracting people from war-torn Afghanistan.

Taking the stand was Fuzz Hogan, who is currently employed as a senior director with CNN’s standards and practices department.

The witness played a key role in the ongoing drama; at the time the story in question aired, Hogan worked as a fact-checker and was the person responsible for clearing the facts in the story itself.

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