In June 2017 , the editorial page published a piece that linked political incitement to the shooting of Steve Scalise as well as the 2011 mass shooting in Arizona that wounded then-Rep . Gabrielle Giffords . The piece erroneously cited Sarah Palin 's political action committee 's map of targeted electoral districts as targeting individual Democratic politicians . These parts of the piece were later removed but in response , Palin filed a defamation lawsuit against '' The New York Times '' . Bennet was called to testify in response to Palin 's lawsuit . Palin 's suit would later be dismissed
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