Palin v. The New York Times trial highlights the 'worst possible scenario' for journalists
CNN
The future of the press is in play at the "libel trial of the century," chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on "Reliable Sources" Sunday about the Sarah Palin v. New York Times case.
The trial is now up to the jury, made up of nine New Yorkers who are set to resume deliberations Monday morning. Palin sued the Times and its former editorial page editor James Bennet in 2017 over an editorial the paper published that erroneously linked a map from Palin's political action committee to the 2011 shooting in Arizona that killed six and severely injured former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
Senate Democrats grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his various controversial statements including his stance on vaccines during his confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, and most left feeling overwhelmingly unsatisfied by the answers they received.
A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face charges in the “sextortion” of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide in 2022. Prosecutors allege the scammer posed as a young woman, persuaded 17-year-old Gavin Guffey to send him nude photos and then threatened to publicize them if Guffey didn’t send money.