Jury finds NY Times not liable in Sarah Palin defamation case
- A Manhattan jury found that The New York Times was not liable for defaming Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial, returning a verdict within hours on April 22, 2025.
- This decision marked Palin's second loss in court regarding her claims after another jury rejected her allegations three years prior.
- In her social media response, Palin stated, "We didn't prevail in federal court against The New York Times. But please keep fighting for integrity in media."
- Former New York Times opinion editor James Bennet apologized to Palin in court, saying he "blew it" regarding the editorial's claims linking her to a mass shooting.
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Sarah Palin loses second defamation case against New York Times
Former vice presidential candidate and Alaskan governor Sarah Palin lost her defamation retrial against the New York Times. A New York City jury rejected Palin’s claim that the newspaper defamed her in a 2017 opinion piece, in which the publication…
Sarah Palin again fails with lawsuit against «New York Times»
Since 2017, the former leader of the Republicans has been running a lawsuit against the American leading media. The dispute is primarily about a false statement in an editorial, but the question is also on the test of which errors can be afforded by US media.
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