Sarah Palin Testifies New York Times Editorial In 2017 Was “Mortifying,” But It Didn’t Stop Her From Getting Lucrative ‘Masked Singer’ Spot And Other Gigs

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Sarah Palin completed her testimony in her libel case against The New York Times, as she told a New York federal court that the publication’s editorial linking her political action committee to a 2011 mass shooting “was mortifying.”The Times’ attorneys, meanwhile, tried to show that Palin’s reputation didn’t suffer from the editorial, which was corrected the day after it posted online.

Among other things, they brought up Palin’s ability to still land speaking engagements before groups like Turning Point USA, media appearances on Fox News and a 2020 guest shot on Fox’s The Masked Singer.“It was devastating to read again a false accusation that I had anything to do with murder, murdering innocent people,” Palin said of the editorial. “I felt powerless.

I knew I was up against Goliath and collectively the people were David, and I was David.” She said that she was up against those “who buy ink by the barrel and I had my number two pencil on my kitchen table in Alaska.”Palin said that in the wake of the piece, “the death threats really amped up,” and she “feared for my family’s safety and my supporters’ safety because of those threats.”Palin sued the Times in 2017 over the piece, which she said falsely linked her political rhetoric to the 2011 Tucson shootings in which six people were killed and congresswoman Gabby Giffords was severely wounded.

The Times issued a correction and revised the editorial the day after it posted online. The Times also conceded that it had incorrectly characterized a map from Palin’s political action committee that featured crosshairs over certain Democrats’ electoral districts, including Giffords’.Palin said that she did not ask for the corrections or an apology.