NEW YORK—James Bennet, The New York Times editor with the final word on the editorial at the heart of the newspaper’s defamation lawsuit by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin (R), testified in federal court on Feb. 9 that soon after it was posted on the newspaper’s website on June 14, 2017, he read criticisms of…

NEW YORK—On Feb. 7, at the end of the third morning of former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin’s libel trial against The New York Times, Judge Jed Rakoff began asking his own questions of a witness. On the stand was Eileen Lepping, a researcher and factchecker at the newspaper, who worked on the editorial at the…

Commentary “All the news that’s fit to print”—masthead slogan of the New York Times Did you hear the big news? A major meta-analysis conducted by the Johns Hopkins University’s Institute of Applied Economics reviewed 24 prominent COVID-19 scientific studies and concluded both that the lockdowns of the U.S. economy prevented very few deaths while causing…

NEW YORK—Elizabeth Williamson, the writer at The New York Times who penned the first draft of the editorial at the heart of Gov. Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against the newspaper, finished her testimony in federal court on Feb. 4. Combined with her testimony from the previous day, Williamson spent a total of five hours on…

NEW YORK—Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against The New York Times commenced in federal court in lower Manhattan on Feb. 3. Palin brought the lawsuit against the newspaper after its editorial board published an editorial about her, which she deemed defamatory. The genesis of the editorial dates back to 2011 when on Jan….

NEW YORK—Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against The New York Times commenced in federal court in lower Manhattan on Feb. 3. Palin brought the lawsuit against the newspaper after its editorial board published an editorial about her, which she deemed defamatory. The genesis of the editorial dates back to 2011 when on Jan….

The New York Times Company is set to acquire subscription-based sports site The Athletic, the company announced on Thursday. In a statement announcing the deal, the Times said it was acquiring The Athletic for an all-cash purchase price of $550 million and expects to close the deal in the first quarter of 2022. The Athletic, which was founded…

A New York judge has ordered The New York Times to return confidential legal memos that it obtained between investigative journalism organization Project Veritas and the group’s attorney. The New York Times had obtained the memos that were prepared by Project Veritas attorney Benjamin Barr—it remains unclear how they were obtained. The media outlet then published the documents…

A New York judge has ordered The New York Times to return confidential legal memos it obtained between Project Veritas, an investigative journalism organization, and the group’s lawyer. The New York Times had obtained the memos that were prepared by Project Veritas attorney Benjamin Barr—it remains unclear how the memos were obtained. The outlet then published the…

Journalist Ashley Rindsberg told The Epoch Times that his research has discovered that The New York Times allowed many of its key reporters to present stories that were distorted, sometimes even altering history to benefit those in power. Rindsberg sat down with American Thought Leaders’ Jan Jekielek to discuss his new book: “The Gray Lady…