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   On 19 Apr 2025, "Leroy N. Soetoro"   
    posted some   
   news:lnsB2C6867765EE96F089P2473@0.0.0.1:   
      
   > 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 NYT is famous for lying and weaseling out.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Too late for that.   
      
   > “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.   
      
   Palin still looks good.  That's why the Democrats hate her.   
      
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