Sarah Palin Again Loses Defamation Suit Against NYT

The Anchorage Daily News reports:

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

The jury deliberated a little over two hours before reaching its verdict after lawyers for Palin and the newspaper delivered closing arguments at a Manhattan federal court civil trial that is in its second week.

Palin testified Monday that death threats against her increased and her spirits drooped after an editorial about gun violence said her political action committee had contributed to political rhetoric that enabled an atmosphere of violence.

Read the full article. Palin was granted a retrial because some jurors in the first trial got push notices on their phones about the judge having told the court out of their presence that he didn’t think Palin had proven her case of “intentional malice” by the New York Times.

Jury finds NY Times not liable in Sarah Palin defamation case reut.rs/44AGYrN

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— Reuters (@reuters.com) April 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM