Sarah Palin’s Defamation Lawsuit Part I
Episode 30
The USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast presents its latest episode in the What’s New in the Legal News Series. Today Stephen Horowitz introduces an article, “Judge to Dismiss Sarah Palin’s Suit against ‘New York Times’.” Stephen and your co-host, Daniel Edelson, discuss the ‘actual malice’ standard applied by the judge in his decision to grant judgment in favor of the New York Times after the paper was sued by Sarah Palin for defamation.
The ‘actual malice’ standard requires a plaintiff politician to prove in a defamation lawsuit not only that the defendant made a false and defamatory statement of fact about the politician, but that the defendant made the statement knowing it was false or with reckless disregard of the truth.
Here, the judge determined that Ms. Palin, a former Vice-Presidential candidate and governor, could not prove that the New York Times acted with actual malice.
This podcast provides a helpful introduction to the higher standards imposed by US courts when politicians sue for defamation.
Also, here is a video that also introduces some of the nuances of defamation claims under US law:
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