New York Times attorney David McCraw details changes since 9/11

Sunday, May 3, 2020 - 05:34 in Health & Medicine

The New York Times, which has won more Pulitzer Prizes than any other news organization, is not afraid to speak truth to power. But that means it also faces legal scrutiny from the subjects of its hard-hitting stories and battles with governments and others over public documents. It is currently facing a defamation suit from the Trump reelection campaign over a 2019 op-ed that argued that the Trump camp had made an “overarching deal” with Russian leaders for help with the 2016 election in exchange for a more pro-Russian foreign policy. And Fox News show host Sean Hannity is threatening a libel suit over three opinion columns criticizing his coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. The Times is fighting with the administration over access to documents related to its decision to withhold U.S. military aid from Ukraine last year while the president pressed Kiev to investigate his chief political rival, Joe...

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