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The FBI's Alleged Probe of a Reporter for 'Stalking' Breaks New Ground in Criminalizing Journalism

The bureau reportedly investigated the author of a New York Times story that made FBI Director Kash Patel look bad.

Reason

NYT alleges FBI investigated reporter over story on Kash Patel’s girlfriend

Inquiry began in March after report on security arrangements involving FBI director’s girlfriend, NYT says

The Guardian - US

Kash Patel, who is suing over unflattering article, says he and Trump are ‘as tough as they come’

FBI Director blamed the media for threats his girlfriend received and vowed to protect ‘every American that is threatened’

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FBI investigated reporter over article about Kash Patel’s girlfriend

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New York Times says FBI investigated reporter after article about director Kash Patel's girlfriend

The New York Times says it has learned that the FBI investigated one of its reporters, Elizabeth Williamson, after she wrote about its agents being assigned to protect and transport the girlfriend of that agency's director, Kash Patel

The Independent UK

FBI looked into New York Times reporter who investigated Kash Patel’s use of resources to help his girlfriend: report

FBI Director Kash Patel has launched a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic over a story critical of his conduct

The Independent UK

Sarah Palin Gets New Trial in Libel Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times

"[T]he district court’s Rule 50 ruling improperly intruded on the province of the jury by making credibility determinations, weighing evidence, and ignoring facts or inferences that a reasonable juror could plausibly have found to support Palin’s case."

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The 10 best books of 2022: A Mason-Dixon mission, ‘Rabbit Hutch’ and, oh yeah, Bob Dylan

It was a particularly good year for excellent books and 10 is way too few. In order of authors’ names:

Chicago Tribune

Alex Jones has been ordered to pay Sandy Hook families nearly $US1 billion. He says he won't pay it

Alex Jones has been ordered to pay nearly $US1 billion in damages to families of the Sandy Hook victims, after falsely claiming the tragedy was a hoax. The Infowars host says he won't pay, so what happens now?

ABC News

Book explores Sandy Hook, Alex Jones, and why modern conspiracy theories have been so contagious

In late April, one week before a trial began that would decide how much Alex Jones should pay the families of first-graders murdered in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, the conspiracy theorist filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court. Jones, at the helm of a multi-million…

Chicago Tribune

Inside the fall of Alex Jones

Jones is seeking immunity in January 6 probe and trying to evade millions in payments to Sandy Hook parents

Salon

Sandy Hook review: anatomy of an American tragedy – and the obscenity of social media

Elizabeth Williamson’s book on the 2012 elementary school shooting is a near-unbearable, necessary indictment of Facebook, YouTube and the conspiracy theories they spread

The Guardian - US

‘This is my fault’: Ex-New York Times opinion editor takes blame for error at heart of Sarah Palin’s libel lawsuit

NEW YORK — A former New York Times opinion editor being sued along with his ex-employer by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fell on his sword Tuesday by insisting the error at the heart of the case was all on him.

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