Former editorial page editor James Bennet testifies in Palin v. NYT trial: 'I thought I had apologized to her'
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Former New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet took the witness stand in the trial for Sarah Palin's lawsuit against the paper, telling the court he thought he had apologized to Palin for an editorial that erroneously linked her to the deadly 2011 shooting that injured former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
"Did you ever apologize to Governor Palin?" her attorney, Shane Vogt asked Bennet.
"My hope is that as a consequence of this process now I have," Bennet said.
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