“Sarah Palin loses jury trial in closely watched New York Times libel case”

Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, was quoted in The Washington Post story “Sarah Palin loses jury trial in closely watched New York Times libel case.” Gutterman, an expert on First Amendment law and free speech, discussed how Palin’s legal team was unable to prove actual malice, which is the highest legal standard required in defamation cases.