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A judge has deniedSarah Palin’s request for a new trial in her defamation case againstTheNew York Times, saying the former Alaska governor was “unable to deliver at trial admissible evidence that remotely supported her claim.”
TheTimespiece initially stated there was a link between the map and the shooting, though the papercorrected thattwo days later, admitting no such link was established.
“We’re sorry about this and we appreciate that our readers called us on the mistake,” the paper said in a social media post.
After Palin sued, a judgeinitially dismissedthe case. But afederal appealscourt revived it, leading to a trial earlier this year.
On the stand at the trial, formerTimeseditorial page editor James Bennet called the incident a “terrible mistake,“the AP reported.
“We are human beings. We do make mistakes,” Bennet said, adding: “I’ve regretted it pretty much every day since. That’s on me. That’s my failure.”
Palin, meanwhile, likened the case to a “David and Goliath” story — saying she had lost sleep over the editorial, which she claimed had damaged her career.
In February, Federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff ruled that Palin failed to proveThe New York Timesacted with “actual malice” when it falsely linked her political group to a 2011 mass shooting — meaning her potentially precedent-upending libel suit against the paper would be dismissed.
On Tuesday, Rakoff weighed in once more, saying the court denied “in full” her bid for a new trial.
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source: people.com
