New York Post

Palin sues NYT for defamation

- Julia Marsh and Kaja Whitehouse

Sarah Palin is suing The New York Times for defamation over a recent editorial tying one of her PAC ads to the 2011 mass shooting that severely wounded Arizona Democrat Gabby Giffords and killed six people, The Post has learned.

The Manhattan federal court lawsuit accuses the Gray Lady of having “violated the law and its own policies” when it accused Palin of inciting the attack.

The lawsuit is in direct response to the Times’ June 14 editorial about the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), which accused Pa- lin of “political incitement.”

The editorial laid blame on Palin over an ad that put “Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized crosshairs.” In fact, the ad never put Giffords or any other individual in the crosshairs.

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