[Bernard Marx]

Not a surprise. The Supreme Court has given the media nearly insurmountable First Amendment protections from defamation suits.

That's doubly true if the offended party is a public figure subject to "fair comment and criticism." I find the NYT's report unfair and disagree with the decision but had no realistic hope Pailin would prevail.

[section9]

This was always going to be a hard mountain for Palin to climb. That said, I suspect that the fix was in to save the Times from Discovery.

[colorado tanker]

The Times report was despicable, repeating a libel exposed as false years ago.

[rlmorel]

"The Failing New York Times."