Thread by @BGrueskin

This just in: The @nytimes wins its case vs the Trump campaign, which had sued over a column by Max Frankel, former exec editor of the Times.
No actual malice, among other reasons.

"News organizations function as a platform for facilitating constitutionally protected speech on issues of public concern and courts will not impose defamation liability against these entities absent a clear showing of actual malice."
iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDoc…

For background on this case and two others that the Trump campaign pushed vs CNN and Washpost, here's my piece via @CJR (filed yesterday, as it happens)

cjr.org/opinion/trump-…

When I talked to counsel David McCraw last month, he told me, "Max will be 91 in April. I’m hoping we’ll have a birthday present for him."

He did.

Here's Frankel's column that triggered the Trump campaign:

nytimes.com/2019/03/27/opi…

For the record, the Trump Campaign and its lawyer, Charles Harder (who sued Gawker), are now 0-2, having seen its previous suit vs CNN dismissed. There's still one more suit, vs the Washpost over columns by @ThePlumLineGS and @paulwaldman1

cjr.org/opinion/trump-…

The judge also decides: No sanctions vs the Trump Campaign