Sarah Palin is poised to retry her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, which previously resulted in two losses for her in 2022. A judge's error during the first trial has allowed for the retrial to commence in a Manhattan federal court. The case, rooted in a 2017 editorial, accused Palin of inciting violence linked to the Tucson shootings. Although proving defamation as a public figure is challenging, shifts in the media landscape might influence judicial attitudes in light of recent settlements by major news outlets.
The case was sparked by a 2017 Times editorial that, Palin's attorneys argued, had accused her of inciting murder six years earlier in the shooting in Tucson.
Conservative allies had hoped to use the case to upend protections for the press stemming from a six-decades-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a defamation case.
She has not been able to make a credible case that she suffered tangible damages as a result of the Times' editorial.
The media landscape has shifted since that first trial, with significant settlements highlighting an evolving approach to defamation claims in courts.
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