Sarah Palin’s Defamation Case Against The New York Times Reinstated by Appeals Court
New York — A federal appeals court has recently reversed a lower court’s decision concluding Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times should proceed. The lawsuit, initiated by the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate, accuses the newspaper of damaging her reputation through an editorial linking her to a 2011 shooting in Arizona that injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others. The controversy sparked from a June 2017 Times editorial, which incorrectly stated that an advertisement from Palin’s political action committee created a graphic depicting Democratic lawmakers beneath crosshairs, allegedly inciting the … Read more