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Bari Weiss’s ascension to top of CBS News highlights the political winds driving US media rightward

US media giants have bowed before Maga after Trump’s many lawsuits and the Jimmy Kimmel firestorm

The Guardian - US

Jury finds The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

A jury has concluded The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial she says damaged her reputation

The Independent UK

Sarah Palin loses defamation case against The New York Times a second time

A jury determined the newspaper did not defame the former Alaska governor in a 2017 editorial

The Independent UK

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Sarah Palin loses retrial of defamation case against New York Times

Jury finds newspaper not liable for allegedly defaming former Alaska governor in 2017 editorial about gun control

The Guardian - US

Is news bias fueled by journalists supplying slanted views or readers’ demanding them? An economist weighs in

Late in December 2023, the former top editor of The New York Times’ editorial page, James Bennet, dropped a bombshell in an article for The Economist. “The leadership of the New York Times is losing control of its principles,” he wrote, saying slanted coverage at the institution is “pervasive.”

The Conversation

Sarah Palin Gets New Trial in Libel Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times

"[T]he district court’s Rule 50 ruling improperly intruded on the province of the jury by making credibility determinations, weighing evidence, and ignoring facts or inferences that a reasonable juror could plausibly have found to support Palin’s case."

Reason

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

The former VP candidate lost a trial involving her lawsuit against the newspaper over a 2017 editorial

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New York Times Staffers Bullied a Conservative Writer

The Chick-fil-A story heard 'round the world.

Reason

See the prequel to Pride and Prejudice

Australian playwright Emma Wood imagines how things happened.

The Canberra Times

Judge Rakoff Declines to Reconsider Judgment Against Sarah Palin in Her Suit Against N.Y. Times

I'm on the run and can't discuss this in detail, but I thought that I'd link to it (Palin v. N.Y. Times Co.) and excerpt the opening: Now before the Court is plaintiff Sarah Palin's post-trial motion. She first seeks the Court's retroactive disqualification, arguing that various aspects of the…

Reason

Sarah Palin wants to disqualify judge who ‘contaminated’ jury in defamation case against The New York Times

Attorneys argue federal judge’s announcement to dismiss complaint tainted verdict as former governor seeks appeal

The Independent UK

Judge Rakoff's Opinion in Palin v. N.Y. Times Co.

Here's the introduction (the whole opinion is 68 pages long): At trial, plaintiff Sarah Palin wholly failed to prove her case even to the minimum standard required by law. Accordingly, defendants the New York Times Company (the "Times") and James Bennet moved to dismiss the case prior to the start…

Reason

Jury finds The New York Times ‘not liable’ in Sarah Palin’s defamation case against newspaper

Newspaper editorial and editor at centre of trial did not defame ex-Alaska governor, unanimous jury finds

The Independent UK

Judge rules against Sarah Palin in New York Times defamation case as jury deliberates

Judge will dismiss former Alaska governor’s complaint for failing to meet ‘actual malice’ standards

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NY Times’ Sarah Palin editorial showed ‘arrogance and sense of power uncontrolled,’ her lawyer says as jury starts deliberating libel case

NEW YORK — Team Sarah Palin disclosed its disdain for the New York Times went beyond the error at the heart of her libel lawsuit during closing arguments in the case Friday.

The Independent UK

‘This one crossed the line’: Sarah Palin’s attorney accuses New York Times of ‘arrogance’ in defamation trial

Attorneys deliver closing arguments in closely watched libel case

The Independent UK

Sarah Palin testifies she was ‘powerless’ over New York Times editorial in libel case

On the witness stand, former Alaska governor compares herself to David with newspaper as Goliath

Tribune News Service

‘This is my fault’: Ex-New York Times opinion editor takes blame for error at heart of Sarah Palin’s libel lawsuit

NEW YORK — A former New York Times opinion editor being sued along with his ex-employer by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fell on his sword Tuesday by insisting the error at the heart of the case was all on him.

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The Guardian - US

Sarah Palin tests positive for Covid, delaying New York Times defamation trial

Lawsuit claims 2017 editorial falsely linked her to a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, in which Gabby Giffords was severely injured

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