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ificandream

(9,192 posts)
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 03:50 PM Feb 2022

Jury finds that Sarah Palin failed to prove her defamation case against the New York Times

Source: CNN

By Sonia Moghe, CNN

New York (CNN Business)The New York Times has prevailed in defending itself against a defamation lawsuit brought by Sarah Palin after jurors found she had not proven her case.

The jury of nine, which has been deliberating since Friday afternoon, found the New York Times not liable for Palin's defamation suit against the paper.

Unbeknownst to them, during deliberations, Rakoff ruled that Palin's attorneys did not prove a key element of their case, and that he would set aside the jury's verdict should it have found for Palin.

"The law here sets a very high standard (for actual malice)," Rakoff said Monday. "The court finds that that standard has not been met."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/15/media/sarah-palin-new-york-times-verdict/index.html



Yes! Yes! Yes!

So now she lost not only on one decision, but she lost on two! Of course, she'll moan about how everything's rigged.
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Jury finds that Sarah Palin failed to prove her defamation case against the New York Times (Original Post) ificandream Feb 2022 OP
One cannot defame the character of someone with no character Clash City Rocker Feb 2022 #1
LOL. LOL. LOL. ificandream Feb 2022 #2
So true. LoisB Feb 2022 #12
How did John McCain ever select her as his running mate? bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #3
I remember. JohnnyRingo Feb 2022 #9
I heard that they picked her Mr.Bill Feb 2022 #14
Bill Kristol found her, IIRC. nt wiggs Feb 2022 #19
He didn't Rebl2 Feb 2022 #21
That's the impression I got, too. Haggard Celine Feb 2022 #22
Steve Schmidt was heading the campaign I believe. JohnnyRingo Feb 2022 #26
They didn't do vetting. He was losing and they just said let's JI7 Feb 2022 #27
Somewhere moniss Feb 2022 #4
Sending them this video for their party Justice matters. Feb 2022 #18
Absolutely moniss Feb 2022 #20
So who's paying her legal bills? NBachers Feb 2022 #5
This case has been going on for 4 years..I have the same question..and if asiliveandbreathe Feb 2022 #8
Moneygrubber Palin...what else is new onetexan Feb 2022 #6
Noq she's gonna have pose with something she shot. JohnnyRingo Feb 2022 #7
That doesn't always turn out so well jmowreader Feb 2022 #24
that made me smile. barbtries Feb 2022 #10
... Crepuscular Feb 2022 #11
Excellent nycbos Feb 2022 #13
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! zuul Feb 2022 #15
EXCELLENT The Jungle 1 Feb 2022 #16
So, did the NYT tell the truth about Sarah... 3catwoman3 Feb 2022 #17
My understanding is that the NYT frogmarch Feb 2022 #23
In my opinion, the jury let the judge up. TomSlick Feb 2022 #25

bucolic_frolic

(42,651 posts)
3. How did John McCain ever select her as his running mate?
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 03:59 PM
Feb 2022

What was he thinking? She lowered the bar and made TFG seem possible.

JohnnyRingo

(18,580 posts)
9. I remember.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 04:15 PM
Feb 2022

They really thought it was going to be Hillary in 2008 and they needed a gentle face with a machine gun heart to keep from losing the woman vote. Indeed, it almost was Hillary that year, but Obama beat her out at the last minute leaving Steve Schmidt to work with what he had. He's resented it ever since.

It wasn't McCain, but the party that found her. I do recall hearing about he before that though.

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Rebl2

(13,301 posts)
21. He didn't
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 05:53 PM
Feb 2022

I am convinced his people in charge of his campaign did. I don’t think he would have ever chosen her.

Haggard Celine

(16,820 posts)
22. That's the impression I got, too.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 06:20 PM
Feb 2022

She was chosen for him. If I recall correctly, he said as much after the election was over.

JohnnyRingo

(18,580 posts)
26. Steve Schmidt was heading the campaign I believe.
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 03:52 AM
Feb 2022

I doubt he'll admit to choosing her.
I know somebody's head was ready to roll after the clothes in the belly of the plane.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
8. This case has been going on for 4 years..I have the same question..and if
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 04:13 PM
Feb 2022

this goes further to appeals court, and then SCOTUS, which surely it will, who is paying?

Thomas and Gorsuch must be salivating..considering they have already expressed interest in a revisit of NYT v Sullivan 1964..The judge in this case knows it will go to appeal..but wanted a jury verdict "will be useful"..

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
10. that made me smile.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 04:19 PM
Feb 2022

i wonder how she's going to live without the $$$ she was counting on from this bogus lawsuit.

Crepuscular

(1,057 posts)
11. ...
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 04:23 PM
Feb 2022

I don't think that she or her team expected to win this trial, the intent was always to push it to the appellate courts and ultimately to the supremes, where the Conservatives on the court are salivating for a chance to overturn Sullivan.

frogmarch

(12,144 posts)
23. My understanding is that the NYT
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 06:47 PM
Feb 2022

wrongly linked her to the shooting of Gabby Giffords and the other shooting victims who died, and that the NYT didn't deny doing it but said it was an honest mistake on their part, with no malice.

TomSlick

(11,032 posts)
25. In my opinion, the jury let the judge up.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 08:46 PM
Feb 2022

The judge is obviously correct that under the NY Times v. Sullivan standard, there is no way a case was made. It is really hard for a public figure to prove a defamation case.

The judge abused the jury in having them deliberate a case when a directed verdict was in order. On the upside, the jury decision makes the possibility of success for any appeal even more remote.

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