CNN's fairness guru Emma Lacey-Bordeaux defended the controversial report at the center of a high-stakes defamation trial on Wednesday when called to the witness stand.

Chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt denied that his report about security contractor Zachary Young was a “hit piece.”

A CNN journalist responded to accusations from Zachary Young's lawyers that "everyone" at the network "hated" Young. A CNN journalist faced questioning over his messages to sources as he took the stand in the network's defamation trial.