The Sarah Palin v. New York Times Trial is Upon Us

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s defamation case against The New York Times will go to trial on Monday, as jury selection begins for a case that could have implications for the freedom of the press. In 2017, Palin sued the newspaper over an editorial that, in a hasty attempt to make sense of a gunman opening fire on a congressional baseball practice, incorrectly made a connection between a map circulated by Palin’s political action committee and another mass shooting involving elected officials: The 2011 shooting in Arizona, which killed six people and wounded then-congresswoman Gabby Giffords. There was no proof… Read Full Article