The First Day of the Sarah Palin–NYT Case Played Like a Tick-Tock of Every Journalist’s Nightmare

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The First Day of the Sarah Palin–NYT Case Played Like a Tick-Tock of Every Journalist’s Nightmare
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How does a big mistake happen at the paper of record? An excruciating play-by-play unfolded in court.

To win her case, Palin will need to prove four things. 1) That what the Times wrote was false. 2) That what the Times wrote referred specifically to her. 3) That what the Times wrote was defamatory—meaning it exposed Palin to contempt, ridicule, disgrace, that sort of thing. 4) That the Times published these falsehoods even though it knew them to be false, or that in publishing them it showed a reckless disregard for the truth.

When a masked Palin walked past me into the courtroom this morning, she was clad in her trademark eyeglasses, high ponytail, and large-radius hoop earrings. She’d also broken out a pair of knee-high leather boots with heels like stilts. All eyes were drawn to her as she took her seat at the plaintiff’s table.But the morning wasn’t really about her. It was about picking a jury.

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