The judge in Sarah Palin’s libel case versus The New York Times denied her request for a new trial with a rebuke that she did not provide any evidence that the Times was driven by actual malice. (HuffPost, May 31, 2022, by Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press)
While the Times had admittedly made an error in connecting her statements to a mass shooting, federal district Judge Jed S. Rakoff wrote, “a mistake is not enough to win if it was not motivated by actual malice.” (The New York Times, May 31, 2022, by Sheera Frenkel)