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New York Times Not Liable For Defaming Sarah Palin, Jury Finds After Retrial Of Her Lawsuit
The case was a retrial of her lawsuit.
The June 14, 2017 Times piece, written hours after a shooter opened fire on a congressional softball game, delved into harsh political rhetoric and its links to violence. James Bennet, then the opinion editor, said in the original trial he was responsible for inserting an edit into the story that linked Palin’s political action committee to a 2011 mass shooting, in which six people were killed and Rep. Gabby Giffords was severely wounded. But Palin’s legal team appealed, and a three-judge appellate panel found fault for the way that the judge handled his decision.
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