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| Judge throws out Sarah Palin lawsuit against New York Times | Judge throws out Sarah Palin lawsuit against New York Times |
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| A federal judge has thrown out a defamation lawsuit that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin brought against the New York Times over an editorial. | A federal judge has thrown out a defamation lawsuit that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin brought against the New York Times over an editorial. |
| Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said Tuesday there were a few factual inaccuracies somewhat pertaining to Palin that were rapidly corrected. He says it may have been negligent, but was plainly not defamation of a public figure. | Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said Tuesday there were a few factual inaccuracies somewhat pertaining to Palin that were rapidly corrected. He says it may have been negligent, but was plainly not defamation of a public figure. |
| The editorial, titled “America’s Lethal Politics”, was published in June after a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers in Virginia, wounding congressman Steve Scalise. | The editorial, titled “America’s Lethal Politics”, was published in June after a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers in Virginia, wounding congressman Steve Scalise. |
| The piece originally accused a Palin GOP political action committee of distributing a map depicting Democratic lawmakers beneath crosshairs before the 2011 shooting of Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords. | The piece originally accused a Palin GOP political action committee of distributing a map depicting Democratic lawmakers beneath crosshairs before the 2011 shooting of Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords. |
| The newspaper issued a correction noting that the map actually showed electoral districts, not people, in crosshairs, and James Bennet, the editor of the New York Times editorial page, testified: “I did not intend and was not thinking of it as a causal link to the crime.” | The newspaper issued a correction noting that the map actually showed electoral districts, not people, in crosshairs, and James Bennet, the editor of the New York Times editorial page, testified: “I did not intend and was not thinking of it as a causal link to the crime.” |