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How NYT lost its first US defamation trial in 50 years to an ex-college basketball player after relying on one source, fixing the story 3 months after it ran (Bill Grueskin/Columbia Journalism Review)

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Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
How NYT lost its first US defamation trial in 50 years to an ex-college basketball player after relying on one source, fixing the story 3 months after it ran  —  An anonymous source, a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” text message, and the newsroom’s first defamation defeat in this country in more than fifty years.

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