In 20 11, jeridlee lofner attacked a bunch of people in the teuson parking lot where gabby giffords was holding an event. The times publishes an editorial about these shootings. They claimed that there was a political incitement link between a map that sarah palan's political action committee had circulated months before the ner shooting. In fact, as a lot of reporting indicated after that 20 11 shooting, there was no link between that sara pac map and the gerodle loner shooting.
The New York Times published an editorial that made false claims about Sarah Palin. A lawsuit over the error could change American media.
This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Richard Sima and Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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