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Bari Weiss’s ascension to top of CBS News highlights the political winds driving US media rightward

US media giants have bowed before Maga after Trump’s many lawsuits and the Jimmy Kimmel firestorm

The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2025

Jury finds The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

A jury has concluded The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial she says damaged her reputation

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2025

Sarah Palin loses defamation case against The New York Times a second time

A jury determined the newspaper did not defame the former Alaska governor in a 2017 editorial

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2025

New York Times Staffers Bullied a Conservative Writer

The Chick-fil-A story heard 'round the world.

Reason · Feb 29, 2024

See the prequel to Pride and Prejudice

Australian playwright Emma Wood imagines how things happened.

The Canberra Times · Sep 3, 2023

Judge Rakoff Declines to Reconsider Judgment Against Sarah Palin in Her Suit Against N.Y. Times

I'm on the run and can't discuss this in detail, but I thought that I'd link to it (Palin v. N.Y. Times Co.) and excerpt the opening: Now before the Court is plaintiff Sarah Palin's post-trial motion. She first seeks the Court's retroactive disqualification, arguing that various aspects of the…

Reason · May 31, 2022

Sarah Palin wants to disqualify judge who ‘contaminated’ jury in defamation case against The New York Times

Attorneys argue federal judge’s announcement to dismiss complaint tainted verdict as former governor seeks appeal

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022

Judge Rakoff's Opinion in Palin v. N.Y. Times Co.

Here's the introduction (the whole opinion is 68 pages long): At trial, plaintiff Sarah Palin wholly failed to prove her case even to the minimum standard required by law. Accordingly, defendants the New York Times Company (the "Times") and James Bennet moved to dismiss the case prior to the start…

Reason · Mar 1, 2022

Jury finds The New York Times ‘not liable’ in Sarah Palin’s defamation case against newspaper

Newspaper editorial and editor at centre of trial did not defame ex-Alaska governor, unanimous jury finds

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2022

Judge rules against Sarah Palin in New York Times defamation case as jury deliberates

Judge will dismiss former Alaska governor’s complaint for failing to meet ‘actual malice’ standards

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022