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.”
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Super! Get the bastards.
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.
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
Make Carlos Slim regret ever buying that filthy rag.
Slimes got away with too much for too long.They got cocky.I hope she cleans them out.
I hope she owns them in the end.
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.
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!
I Concur!
Give them both barrels Sarah!
....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.
That’s the only minimum amount the fake news have respect for. So go for it !!!
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.
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
LOL, I need the facebook “thumbs up” to give your post. I like it, I like it!
what ever the current valuation of that rag is plus a dollar!
YES!!!! Go for it, Sarah, and may the covfefe be with you!!! :0)
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