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   https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/former-new-york-times-   
   opinions-editor-apologizes-sarah-palin-over-2017   
      
   Aformer New York Times opinions editor on Thursday emotionally apologized   
   to former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for an opinion   
   piece that he edited in 2017, which she claimed was defamatory.   
      
   The article, which was published in the wake of a shooting at a   
   congressional baseball practice in Virginia, attempted to argue that the   
   former Alaska governor’s political action committee contributed to an   
   atmosphere of violence in the months leading up to the 2011 assassination   
   attempt on then-Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords.   
      
   The piece attempted to connect a map Palin’s political action committee   
   released, which showcased crosshairs over Democratic congressional   
   electoral districts, to the 2011 assassination attempt, even though there   
   was no evidence that the 2017 gunman ever saw the map.   
      
   The New York Times quickly revised the opinion piece and admitted in a   
   note that the argument was inaccurate.   
      
   James Bennet, the former editor responsible for the inaccuracy in the   
   piece, admitted during a defamation trial on Thursday that he put the   
   information into the op-ed without vetting it first. He also apologized   
   for the "mistake."   
      
   “I blew it, you know, I made a mistake," Bennet said on the stand. “I did,   
   and I do apologize to Governor Palin for this mistake."   
      
   He also testified that he did not believe the piece was implying that the   
   map had caused the gunman to shoot lawmakers, but that he believed   
   rhetoric could have "played a role." He also said he did not believe the   
   governor was responsible.   
      
   “There wasn’t any part of me that thought that Sarah Palin herself had   
   drawn the crosshairs on the map or something like that,” Bennet said.   
      
   The current defamation trial is the second trial over the piece, after a   
   jury ruled against Palin in 2022. But an appeals court later reinstated   
   the case. Palin is expected to take the stand next week, according to the   
   New York Post.   
      
      
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