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Home Front: Culture Wars
NY Times says blaming Palin for shooting was ‘an honest mistake’
2017-07-12

[NYPOST] Sarah Mama Grizzly Palin
... the babe libs love to hate ...
's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
 should be tossed because the paper made 'an honest mistake' when it said she incited a 2011 shooting that severely maimed Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords and killed six people, a lawyer for the Gray Lady said on Friday.

'There was an honest mistake in posting the editorial,' lawyer David Schultz told Manhattan federal Judge Jed Rakoff.

Last week, Palin sued the Times over a June 14th editorial that stated there was a 'direct' link between one of Palin's PAC ads and the shooting by Jared Lee Loughner. But there's no evidence he ever saw the ad, which placed Gifford's district in stylized crosshairs. The Times issued a correction.

On Friday, Palin's lawyers argued that the Times knew the story was false. 'It was literally acknowledged the same day in another story in their paper,' said Kenneth Turkel.
Posted by:Fred

#21  Good one, AP!
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2017-07-12 15:50  

#20  Using "NY Slimes" and "honest" in the same sentence?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Riiight.
Posted by: Barbara   2017-07-12 15:45  

#19  I see what you did there, Paul.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2017-07-12 15:32  

#18  Speaking of fake news, it is reported that at AF, the water distillation equipment has broken down, and that there is a severe shortage of drinking water---pass it on.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-07-12 14:47  

#17  Programs! Gitcher programs. Can't tell the lying assholes without a program.

Personally, they're a bag of cats to me since they are all running the same playbook. Notice next time when some meme pops up - "Trump is dark", for example. Suddenly it's everywhere. Not just the story but the exact same phrase. Anyone remember JournoList? A pox on all their houses.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-07-12 13:42  

#16  I'm sure you always accept that as an excuse when a cop shoots one of your special interest group audience.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-07-12 13:40  

#15  :-(
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-07-12 13:39  

#14  good point, G, but that was Time Inc., not the NYTimes - Different lying assholes
Posted by: Frank G   2017-07-12 13:31  

#13  And lets remember the first man who showed that they are not just liars, but a goddamn liars to boot.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-07-12 13:20  

#12  In my salad days, we were lectured on how unimpeachable the NYT was.

RIP NYT.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2017-07-12 12:53  

#11  No, I think it was a dishonest mistake.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-07-12 11:09  

#10  
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-07-12 09:47  

#9   I guess now we know the answer as to whether or not the loss of editors at the NYT will degrade improve the rag or not.

FIFY
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-07-12 09:34  

#8  to NY Times: I won't allow excuses from you that you don't allow from Republicans.
Posted by: ptah   2017-07-12 08:26  

#7  I guess now we know the answer as to whether or not the loss of editors at the NYT will degrade the rag or not.
Posted by: gorb   2017-07-12 08:17  

#6  If Palin is blamed for the Gifford shootings by some nut, could Obama and Holder not be blamed for the BLM-incited shootings of cops?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-07-12 07:37  

#5  She will have made a name for Herself for sure.
Posted by: newc   2017-07-12 01:35  

#4  I hope she wins and collects on the case before they declare bankruptcy.
Posted by: Raj   2017-07-12 01:33  

#3  MSM is now BSM (Bull Shit Media).
Posted by: Ebbomomble Phutch1058   2017-07-12 01:05  

#2  Oh, they knew full well it was fake news. It just made them feel good to spew hate like this. Who cares if it's fake? It satisfied the writer's emotional needs.
Posted by: Herb McCoy7309   2017-07-12 00:44  

#1  "we're not crooked, we're stupid" That's an excuse which works once, tops. But to keep telling us they're stupid risks us believing them.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2017-07-12 00:06  

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