CNN Sheds Defamation Suit by Hydroxychloroquine-Touting Doctor

A Texas doctor who stood on the steps of the US Supreme Court and made a speech touting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19 has lost a defamation suit against CNN, after a Texas federal court said she didn’t show the network’s statements were false.

Stella Immanuel sought $100 million in damages, alleging various CNN reports and tweets implied that she is unfit to practice medicine, that her medical judgments are unsafe, and that she endangers patients by spreading disinformation.

But CNN’s statements about the speech weren’t false, the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas said in ...