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“When it comes to credibility, speed kills.”

 —Margaret Sullivan, media reporter, “The existential dread of journalists watching the Sarah Palin trial,” The Washington Post, Feb. 11, 2022. Image: Sarah Palin at federal court in Manhattan for her defamation suit against The New York Times. John Minchillo/Associated Press

 

• Editorial Comment: Every journalist needs that on a t-shirt.

• Note: Both the judge and the jury in the Palin v. NYTimes libel case found in favor of the Times yesterday, setting up a potential Supreme Court showdown over the actual malice standard and Times v. Sullivan (1964).

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
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