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Judge Plans to Throw Out Sarah Palin’s Case Against The New York Times Times Square

Judge Plans to Throw Out Sarah Palin’s Case Against The New York Times

In a bombshell announcement on Monday, senior U.S. district judge Jed Rakoff said he plans to toss out Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against The New York Times––a decision he made while the jury was still deliberating. This ruling, Rakoff explained, was based on his belief that no jury could reasonably prove…
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February 14, 2022
New York Times faces pushback for calling Asian-Americans ‘overrepresented’ in figure skating Times Square

New York Times faces pushback for calling Asian-Americans ‘overrepresented’ in figure skating

The New York Times triggered a social-media backlash for a tweet stating that Asian-Americans are “vividly overrepresented” in figure skating. “Asians make up around 7% of the U.S. population but have become vividly overrepresented in ice rinks and competitions at every level, from coast to coast,” said the newspaper’s Wednesday…
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February 12, 2022
Palin’s Self-Pitying Performance in the New York Times Case Is Just What Her Career Needs Times Square

Palin’s Self-Pitying Performance in the New York Times Case Is Just What Her Career Needs

On Friday, both sides in Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against The New York Times rested, leaving the former Alaska governor to rue the testimony she offered a day earlier, which appeared to undercut her case in inevitable, hilarious, Palinesque fashion. How the jury weighs her performance may factor heavily into the…
bubmag
February 11, 2022