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While Sarah Palin may have lost her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, the legal climate for journalists nevertheless seems to be getting worse.
Stuart Karle is a media lawyer who has served as chief operating officer of Reuters News and as general counsel to the Wall Street Journal. On this week’s Kicker, he and Kyle Pope, editor and publisher of CJR, discuss the Palin case and why privacy law may prove to be the next frontier in the war against the press.
SHOW NOTES
The New York Times wins case against Sarah Palin. Twice. Caleb Pershan, CJR
The two big questions after the Sarah Palin New York Times trial, Caleb Pershan, CJR
Amanda Darrach is a contributor to CJR and a visiting scholar at the University of St Andrews School of International Relations. Follow her on Twitter @thedarrach.