MY MEAN-SPIRITED POST OF THE DAY: I think it should be a matter of course than when mentioning CNN’s Jake Tapper, he be henceforth referred to as: Jake “Convicted Liar” Tapper in light of this.

Now I know, it’s not a criminal judgment, and people aren’t really “convicted” of torts, but the Substantial Truth and Incremental Damage doctrines in libel law allow it. According to Adweek:

“Marquardt, Tapper, and senior CNN executives took the stand during the two-week trial, providing a window into its rarely-seen newsgathering process courtesy of e-mails and internal messaging systems. In one of Marquardt’s messages presented during the trial, the reporter wrote that he was “going to nail that Zachary Young mf-er.”