Court Rejects CNN Defense That QAnon Retweets Are Endorsements

Relatives of former Trump adviser Michael Flynn can proceed with their false light claim against CNN based on a news story it ran that allegedly suggested they were QAnon followers, a federal trial court in New York said Friday.

The story Cable News Network Inc. ran showed John and Leslie Flynn at a meeting while a chyron appeared on the screen stating “CNN Goes Inside a Gathering of QAnon Followers.” The Flynns said the report was false because they aren’t QAnon followers. They said that they don’t adhere to the group’s “dangerous, extremist, racist, anti-Semitic and violent beliefs.”

CNN asked ...