Sarah Palin is holding her own in her libel suit aganst the NY Times

NY Times:   Is the New York Times botching its legal defense against Sarah Palin’s libel claim? In June the Times published an editorial containing fake news about the former Alaska governor and GOP vice-presidential candidate. Now the newspaper is seeking to have her lawsuit dismissed. But Mrs. Palin’s legal team says that Times lawyers are demanding a legal standard that would effectively make it impossible for any public official to win a libel case.

In the June editorial, which followed the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise and others, the Times recycled a bogus claim that Mrs. Palin had incited Jared Lee Loughner to shoot Rep. Gabby Giffords in 2011. The false allegation hinged on the publication of a map 

 The day after the editorial first appeared online in June, the Times posted a correction saying that it had “incorrectly stated that a link existed between political rhetoric and the 2011 shooting of Representative Gabby Giffords. In fact, no such link was established.” 

Editor's notes:  In other words,  the Times debunked its own story original story (2011),  claiming that a Palin campaign map was linked the Gabby Gifford shooting,  then,  in June of this year,  restated the debunked claim.  

The June story was "corrected" by the Failing Times,  but too late to avoid the libel suit Palin would bring against the commies at the Grey Lady.  

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