Sarah Palin has lost her defamation case against The New York Times " again. Last year, the former Alaska governor was awarded a new trial in her libel lawsuit against the newspaper, which she claimed had smeared her in a 2017 editorial criticizing volatile political rhetoric. In February 2022, a New York City jury in federal court unanimously determined that the newspaper and then-editorial director James Bennet were not liable for defamation. On Tuesday, after fewer than three hours of deliberation following a four-day trial, yet another federal jury in Manhattan determined that the newspaper was not liable for defaming her.