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Sarah Palin Suing New York Times For Defamation
Daily Caller ^

Posted on 06/27/2017 3:47:13 PM PDT by ameribbean expat

Sarah Palin is suing the New York Times for defamation, according to documents filed on Tuesday obtained by The Daily Caller.

The lawsuit has to do with an editorial the NYT ran on June 14 that falsely smeared Palin as inciting the 2011 shooting of Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords by a mentally ill man who had been obsessed with Giffords for years. There is no evidence to support the NYT’s implication that Palin played a role in inciting the Giffords shooting.

“Mrs. Palin brings this action to hold The Times accountable for defaming her by publishing a statement about her that it knew to be false: that Mrs. Palin was responsible for inciting a mass shooting at a political event in January 2011,” Palin’s suit states.

“Specifically, on June 14, 2017, The Times Editorial Board, which represents the ‘voice’ of The Times, falsely stated as a matter of fact to millions of people that Mrs. Palin incited Jared Loughner’s January 8, 2011, shooting rampage at a political event in Tucson, Arizona, during which he shot nineteen people, severely wounding United States Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and killing six, including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll and a nine-year-old girl.”

(Excerpt) Read more at amp.dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: defamation; lawsuit; libel; lies; newyorktimes; nyt; palin; sarahpalin; slander
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To: ameribbean expat

Super! Get the bastards.


41 posted on 06/27/2017 4:49:22 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Terry Mross

The depositions in this case will be pure gold for the conservative media. I will laugh my butt off when the NYT tries to a) get a judicial gag order on the proceedings and b) tries to seal the depos.


42 posted on 06/27/2017 4:49:47 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: Keyhopper

I hope she takes them for all they are worth, takes complete ownership of them, and turns the paper into a Conservative voice and makes it a HUGE success..that would totally make liberal loons wet their diapers


43 posted on 06/27/2017 4:52:02 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: KC_Lion

44 posted on 06/27/2017 4:53:44 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: Ann Archy

Make Carlos Slim regret ever buying that filthy rag.


45 posted on 06/27/2017 4:53:59 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( It's time to classify progressives as a hate group. ))))
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To: Paladin2

Slimes got away with too much for too long.They got cocky.I hope she cleans them out.


46 posted on 06/27/2017 4:54:53 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (anything worth doing is worth overdoing,moderation is for cowards)
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To: ameribbean expat

I hope she owns them in the end.


47 posted on 06/27/2017 4:57:13 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '18.)
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To: ameribbean expat
Dang! What an era we live in. Virtually no freedoms remain to Americans (Relative to 1951).

However, after 8-years of staring in revulsion at a WH pet gorilla of unknown sex, we've been psychologically rescued by the two beauties: Sarah and Melania.

48 posted on 06/27/2017 4:58:23 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: ameribbean expat

I’m very, very glad she is doing this. I hope she wins mucho dinero from Sr. Slim, et al.

There was NO EXCUSE for this editorial, none. It most definitely shows recklessness for the truth and/or true malice.

My guess is they will settled and Palin will make a big to-do about giving the money to charity. She should def. give it to O’Keefe’s Project Veritas. Or even better make the Times write the check to him directly.

Oh how that would stick in their craw!


49 posted on 06/27/2017 4:59:45 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I Concur!


50 posted on 06/27/2017 5:01:20 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: KC_Lion

Give them both barrels Sarah!


51 posted on 06/27/2017 5:03:10 PM PDT by McGruff (If you tell a lie and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.)
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To: Walrus

....Go for every cent the NYT is worth...

It’s not even worth lining the birdcage with, or using it to wash windows, but it is good for sopping up an overflowed toilet.


52 posted on 06/27/2017 5:04:56 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning.)
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To: Ann Archy; springwater13; MinuteGal

That’s the only minimum amount the fake news have respect for. So go for it !!!


53 posted on 06/27/2017 5:05:51 PM PDT by danamco
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To: ameribbean expat

The outcome may depend on where she is filing. If it is in New York state it will likely be heard by a liberal Democrat NY Times reading judge and the jury will be made up primarily of Democrats who hate Republicans.


54 posted on 06/27/2017 5:05:53 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: ameribbean expat

I am of the opinion that the main reason the MSM gets away with it’s crap is that few if any on the right have the balls to take them to court.

Good for Sarah


55 posted on 06/27/2017 5:08:40 PM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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To: P-Marlowe

LOL, I need the facebook “thumbs up” to give your post. I like it, I like it!


56 posted on 06/27/2017 5:09:47 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: ameribbean expat

57 posted on 06/27/2017 5:25:57 PM PDT by Company Man (Best POTUS evah!)
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To: ameribbean expat
what ever the current valuation of that rag is plus a dollar!
58 posted on 06/27/2017 5:26:46 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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To: HarleyLady27
"There used to be a law called ‘slander’...if what a person said about you caused you to be fired or demoted, or if it costs you money to prove it was wrong, the person who ‘slandered’ you would have to pay an amount and all court costs...do we still have this law???"

This might be helpful

Defamation, Slander and Libel
59 posted on 06/27/2017 5:48:50 PM PDT by chrisser
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To: ameribbean expat

YES!!!! Go for it, Sarah, and may the covfefe be with you!!! :0)


60 posted on 06/27/2017 5:52:25 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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