SaysWho? Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Sarah Palin loses defamation case against 'The New York Times' WWW.NPR.ORG It was a one-two punch for Sarah Palin: The verdict came a day after the presiding judge said he would dismiss the case because Palin's lawyers failed to meet the legal standard of actual malice. The kicker's in bold: Quote Jurors found on Tuesday that The New York Times did not defame Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, in a June 2017 editorial that wrongly claimed a link between an ad from her political action committee and a mass shooting many months later. It was a one-two punch for Palin. The unanimous verdict came a day after the presiding judge, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, ruled that he would set aside the jury's verdict — whatever it might be — and dismiss the case. He said Palin had failed to make a sufficient argument that the Times had acted with actual malice to let the case be determined by a jury. Quote "You decided the facts. I decided the law," Rakoff told jurors on Tuesday. "It turns out they were both in agreement, in this case." Quote The newspaper cheered the verdict, with spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha calling it "a reaffirmation of a fundamental tenet of American law: public figures should not be permitted to use libel suits to punish or intimidate news organizations that make, acknowledge and swiftly correct unintentional errors." Palin is believed likely to appeal. Rakoff wanted the verdict to be heard by the appellate court as well. And now, the jury's verdict for the Times arrays even steeper odds against Palin's success. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Objection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Is this joke relic from the 2000s still around? Geez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Bury her with John McCain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 14 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: Is this joke relic from the 2000s still around? Geez. Opinion | Sarah Palin's "Masked Singer" performance was absurd. It also makes total sense. WWW.NBCNEWS.COM "The Masked Singer" system was working as intended when it immediately booted Palin. The real horror is that she was ever onstage at all. Sarah Palin wants to bar her Instagram and footage of her on 'The Masked Singer' from use in her defamation suit against the NYT WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM Sarah Palin doesn't want jurors to see a 2020 reality TV performance where she sang a rap song while dressed as a purple bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Just now, Jason said: Opinion | Sarah Palin's "Masked Singer" performance was absurd. It also makes total sense. WWW.NBCNEWS.COM "The Masked Singer" system was working as intended when it immediately booted Palin. The real horror is that she was ever onstage at all. Sarah Palin wants to bar her Instagram and footage of her on 'The Masked Singer' from use in her defamation suit against the NYT WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM Sarah Palin doesn't want jurors to see a 2020 reality TV performance where she sang a rap song while dressed as a purple bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 It's so weird that Fox News spent so much time covering this front and center, but didn't seem to run any stories on the actual verdict. Weird. So weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 3 hours ago, ort said: It's so weird that Fox News spent so much time covering this front and center, but didn't seem to run any stories on the actual verdict. Weird. So weird. WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STILL WATCHING FNC WHEN WE'VE TOLD YOU DOZENS OF TIMES TO STOP FOR YOUR OWN GODDAMNED MENTAL HEALTH?!?! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I've got to keep up with all of these massive new Durham report findings. Dude, it's Watergate times 100 and the mainstream liberal press isn't even talking about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I don’t like the actual malice standard, but I can’t think of something better that doesn’t create a terrible chilling effect to all journalism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 Wade posted this in one of the general threads, but it's great: Judge Dismisses ‘New York Times’ Libel Suit Brought By Cannibal Terrorist Sarah Palin WWW.THEONION.COM NEW YORK—Following a lengthy five-year legal battle, sources confirmed Tuesday that a federal judge had dismissed a libel suit brought against The New York Times by cannibal terrorist Sarah Palin. “The law sets a very high standard for actual malice, and in this case, the notorious anti-Semite and serial killer was… Quote NEW YORK—Following a lengthy five-year legal battle, sources confirmed Tuesday that a federal judge had dismissed a libel suit brought against The New York Times by cannibal terrorist Sarah Palin. “The law sets a very high standard for actual malice, and in this case, the notorious anti-Semite and serial killer was unable to provide sufficient evidence,” said U.S. District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who noted that despite the paper’s “unfortunate editorializing,” the former Alaska governor and convicted arsonist had failed to prove the publication had acted with “actual malice.” “If anything, the evidence she put forward was more damning of her own time as a children’s cult leader. With that said, I am immediately dismissing the ISIS fighter’s lawsuit.” At press time, Rakoff added that Palin was free to appeal, given she wasn’t too drunk to file the paperwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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