Three years after a federal judge and jury ruled that the New York Times didn’t defame Sarah Palin, the former GOP vice-presidential nominee is going to get another crack at the Grey Lady as jury selection is set to begin Monday in a retrial of her defamation lawsuit.
While the facts of Palin’s case — which centers on a 2017 Times editorial that wrongly suggested a political ad of hers inspired a mass shooting — haven’t changed, the media and political landscape since she lost her initial suit has completely shifted.
