CBS News faces $20M defamation lawsuit after misidentifying Maryland…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA Maryland teenager is suing CBS News for twenty million dollars, saying the network wrongly tied him to the Reflecting Pool vandalism arrests.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is at the pool tonight.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm standing at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and before I say another word, I've confirmed with a park ranger that this is, in fact, the Reflecting Pool.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's thorough.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentIt's a new policy I've adopted.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe lawsuit claims CBS falsely linked this teenager to the vandalism arrests, and the complaint seeks twenty million dollars in damages.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI've spent twenty years in war zones, and I can tell you that the first rule is to confirm who you're pointing the camera at.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI just asked the water for ID. It declined.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the ranger?

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    Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe ranger asked for mine, Hank.

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    Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI handed it over, he read it twice, and then he checked it against my face, which is more than anyone did here. I respect him.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the allegation is a network got a kid wrong in a report about people who got a pool wrong.

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    Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentAlleged, and CBS has not been found liable of anything in this case.

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    Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentWhat I can confirm, on live television, is that the teenager is not the pool. I checked twice.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGood work, Lola. Rex has the Gridiron, and I'm told nobody has ever asked a scoreboard for identification. Rex, someone should.