Sarah Palin, New York Times set to face off in defamation case next month

Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times will go to trial in Manhattan on Feb. 1, according to reports. The case is connected to a 2017 editorial in which a writer linked a Palin political action committee ad about repealing Obamacare – which showed crosshairs on a map of Democratic congressional districts – to the 2011 shooting of then-U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords.The Times piece was edited and corrected the day after it was published to clarify there was no known link between the shooter and Palin’s ad. The editorial initially said the SarahPAC map had Giffords and other Democrats under crosshairs (though the targets were over their districts).‘FAKE FEMINISTS’ HARRIS AND AOC SET BACK WOMEN'S MOVEMENT: PALIN In discussing the 2017 congressional baseball-practice shooting of U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the piece, titled "America’s Lethal Politics," said, "Though there’s no sign of incitement as direct as in the Giffords attack, liberals should of course hold themselves to the same standard of decency that they ask of the right."