Former 'New York Times' editor testifies on Sarah Palin editorial: 'This is my fault'
2 years, 10 months ago

Former 'New York Times' editor testifies on Sarah Palin editorial: 'This is my fault'

NPR  

Former 'New York Times' editor testifies on Sarah Palin editorial: 'This is my fault' Enlarge this image toggle caption Larry Neumeister/AP Larry Neumeister/AP The former top editor over the New York Times opinion sections, James Bennet, testified on Tuesday that he accepted full blame for a passage in a June 2017 editorial that wrongly linked former Alaska Gov. The Times editorial, titled "America's Lethal Politics," was posted late on the day of a shooting that almost took the life of Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana. The Times editorial said that Palin's political action committee had created a graphic of gun cross-hairs over Gifford and other Democratic lawmakers in a fundraising pitch; Bennet's revisions led to a line that "the link to political incitement was clear." A practice never to say "sorry" Palin's attorneys sought to portray Bennet as a paragon of the establishment, confirming that he was validated by some of the nation's leading institutions.

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Sarah Palin wins new trial in her defamation case against The New York Times over ‘major’ jury issues
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sarah Palin wins new trial in her defamation case against The New York Times over ‘major’ jury issues

The Independent  

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Judge defends move to toss Palin’s libel case against NYT
2 years, 9 months ago

Judge defends move to toss Palin’s libel case against NYT

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The judge presiding over Sarah Palin’s defamation case against The New York Times said he was unfamiliar with push notifications and didn’t realize news of his decision to toss out the lawsuit would reach jurors deliberating simultaneously. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said in a written decision released Tuesday that he was “frank to confess” that …

Judge: Sarah Palin seeks new trial in defamation lawsuit
2 years, 10 months ago

Judge: Sarah Palin seeks new trial in defamation lawsuit

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge said Wednesday that lawyers for Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are seeking a new trial on her defamation claims against The New York Times, along with his removal from the case. Rakoff said in an order last week that jurors knew before delivering their verdict against Palin earlier this month that he had ruled …

Sarah Palin to seek new trial in New York Times defamation case
2 years, 10 months ago

Sarah Palin to seek new trial in New York Times defamation case

Al Jazeera  

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is seeking a new trial and a new judge in her defamation suit against the New York Times in the wake of a Bloomberg News story reporting that several jurors deliberating in the case learned from smart-phone push notifications that the judge presiding over the trial had already said he would rule in favor of …

Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against New York Times
2 years, 10 months ago

Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against New York Times

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Former Alaska Gov. “Doing all they can to make sure the little guy has a voice, the underdog can have their say.” In a statement, the Times called the verdict a “reaffirmation of a fundamental tenet of American law: public figures should not be permitted to use libel suits to punish or intimidate news organizations that make, …

US jury rejects Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times
2 years, 10 months ago

US jury rejects Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times

Al Jazeera  

Palin had sued the newspaper claiming it maliciously and erroneously linked her campaign to a mass shooting. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times after a jury in the United States rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation. Editorial page editor James Bennet wrote that “the link to political …

Judge to dismiss Palin’s libel suit against New York Times
2 years, 10 months ago

Judge to dismiss Palin’s libel suit against New York Times

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A judge said Monday he’ll dismiss a libel lawsuit that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed against The New York Times, claiming the newspaper damaged her reputation with an editorial falsely linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff made the announcement with a jury still deliberating at a New York City …

Sarah Palin's libel suit against New York Times gets thrown out by judge -- although an appeal is likely
2 years, 10 months ago

Sarah Palin's libel suit against New York Times gets thrown out by judge -- although an appeal is likely

Raw Story  

Sarah Palin's libel lawsuit against the New York Times has officially crashed and burned. Politico reports that U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff on Monday threw out Palin's complaint, as he ruled that Palin and her attorneys "failed to produce evidence that the newspaper knew what it wrote about her was false or acted recklessly towards indications it was false." …

Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin's defamation suit against 'New York Times'
2 years, 10 months ago

Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin's defamation suit against 'New York Times'

NPR  

Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin's defamation suit against 'New York Times' Enlarge this image toggle caption Brynn Anderson/AP Brynn Anderson/AP A federal judge announced Monday afternoon that he would dismiss former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, saying her legal team had failed to reach the high standards required for public figures to make their …

US judge to dismiss Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against New York Times
2 years, 10 months ago

US judge to dismiss Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against New York Times

Al Jazeera  

Ex-Alaska governor accused US newspaper of damaging her reputation in editorial falsely linking her to a mass shooting. A judge in the United States has said he plans to dismiss Sarah Palin’s libel lawsuit against the New York Times, which the former Alaska governor had accused of damaging her reputation in an editorial that falsely linked her campaign rhetoric to …

Sarah Palin lawsuit: the moment her testimony fell apart at the New York Times trial.
2 years, 10 months ago

Sarah Palin lawsuit: the moment her testimony fell apart at the New York Times trial.

Slate  

Sarah Palin took the stand this morning—on day six of her libel trial against the New York Times—clad in a black pencil skirt, cream boucle blazer, and megawatt smile. Palin’s own attorney asked her to shift her focus forward from 2011 to 2017, when a New York Times editorial revived that false connection between Palin’s rhetoric and the Giffords shooting. …

Sarah Palin versus the New York Times court battle nears end
2 years, 10 months ago

Sarah Palin versus the New York Times court battle nears end

Al Jazeera  

Jurors must decide if Palin proved the newspaper knew the editorial was false or had reckless disregard for the truth. A defamation case by Sarah Palin, a former Alaska governor, against the New York Times is heading to a jury, after her lawyer accused the newspaper of falsely associating her with a mass murder in a 2017 editorial – a …

Palin calls New York Times the ‘Goliath’ in libel dispute
2 years, 10 months ago

Palin calls New York Times the ‘Goliath’ in libel dispute

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told a jury Thursday she felt like she was at the mercy of a “Goliath” when she first learned a 2017 New York Times editorial suggested her campaign rhetoric helped incite a mass shooting. In the editorial, the Times wrote that before the 2011 mass shooting in Arizona that severely wounded former …

Palin takes witness stand in libel case vs. New York Times
2 years, 10 months ago

Palin takes witness stand in libel case vs. New York Times

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took the witness stand on Wednesday in her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, giving the jury a folksy overview of her family life in Alaska and ascent in Republican politics. She also recalled the surprise over her emergence as a vice-presidential candidate in 2008, saying, “I don’t think they were …

Sarah Palin testifies she felt powerless to fight 'New York Times' over editorial
2 years, 10 months ago

Sarah Palin testifies she felt powerless to fight 'New York Times' over editorial

NPR  

Sarah Palin testifies she felt powerless to fight 'New York Times' over editorial Enlarge this image toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images Sarah Palin finally got her day in court against an avatar of the mainstream media that she has so often assailed: The New York Times. In fateful lines inserted into the piece by the paper's then …

The Cynical Spectacle of Sarah Palin’s Lawsuit Against the New York Times
2 years, 10 months ago

The Cynical Spectacle of Sarah Palin’s Lawsuit Against the New York Times

Politico  

It is a drama in which he may be the only actor whose presence is on the level. “This is my fault, right, I wrote those sentences,” Bennet volunteered to Palin’s attorney, Shane Vogt, on Tuesday in order to dispel any suggestion that a colleague bore responsibility for statements in the editorial that appeared to tie Palin’s political action committee …

At defamation trial, Palin says she felt ‘powerless’ against NYT
2 years, 10 months ago

At defamation trial, Palin says she felt ‘powerless’ against NYT

Al Jazeera  

Former Alaska governor is suing New York Times over 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to a mass shooting. Sarah Palin said at her defamation trial against the New York Times that she felt “powerless” after the newspaper published a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican US vice presidential candidate to a mass shooting …

Sarah Palin lawsuit: Her lawyers think they have a damning New York Times email.
2 years, 10 months ago

Sarah Palin lawsuit: Her lawyers think they have a damning New York Times email.

Slate  

The fourth day of the trial pitting Sarah Palin against the New York Times began with retired Times journalist Linda Cohn on the witness stand. Cohn testified that, a few hours before the editorial was published on the Times’ website, she walked over to the glass-doored office of James Bennet—her boss, and the man who is now co-defendant with the …

Sarah Palin trial: The first day of the New York Times case played like a journalist’s nightmare.
2 years, 10 months ago

Sarah Palin trial: The first day of the New York Times case played like a journalist’s nightmare.

Slate  

When Sarah Palin filed her libel complaint against the New York Times back in 2017, the former governor of Alaska was a serious underdog. Since 1964, the Supreme Court’s ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan has granted American journalists covering public figures some of the strongest press protections in the world. Palin or any of her policies,” he said, …

Sarah Palin’s libel trial against the New York Times begins
2 years, 10 months ago

Sarah Palin’s libel trial against the New York Times begins

Al Jazeera  

The Republican former United States vice-presidential candidate is fighting ‘an uphill battle’, her lawyer told the jurors in a New York courtroom on Thursday. A lawyer for Sarah Palin told jurors on Thursday that the former Republican United States vice-presidential candidate and Alaska governor is fighting “an uphill battle” as the trial got under way in her defamation lawsuit against …

Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID, delaying trial against 'New York Times'
2 years, 11 months ago

Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID, delaying trial against 'New York Times'

NPR  

Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID, delaying trial against 'New York Times' Enlarge this image toggle caption Cliff Owen/AP Cliff Owen/AP Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, scheduled to open Monday, was pushed back until at least Feb. 3 after her attorneys informed the presiding judge that she tested positive for COVID-19. He disqualified an expert witness …

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