The amount he got is irrelevant to the question of whether CNN did something fucked up and underhanded, which they did. Which is why they were sued, and had to pay out.
Odd number of people who seem to find joy in this random 17 year old kid's life being ruined. Totally powerless private individual being smeared for life by a much, much more powerful entity, and you have the "party of the people" sticking up for CNN over the kid.
You guys aren't punk rock anymore. You have become the thing you hate.
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