Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and the left-wing New York Times were back in a New York courtroom on Monday for jury selection in the retrial of the former’s defamation suit against the latter. Palin scored a retrial after a biased judge inappropriately announced that he was going to rule against her no matter what the first jury found, with jurors subsequently finding out. The start of the retrial drew begrudging coverage from NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik, who lamented that the case had new life.
It was clear from the opening sentence that Folkenflik didn’t hold the case in high regard, quoting Yogi Berra while quipping: “As another New York City institution once said, it’s déjà vu all over again for The New York Times and former Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin.”
Folkenflik tried to downplay how The Times accused Palin of…
