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Court bars publication of Project Veritas memos in move called ‘unconstitutional’ view | edit | list | share
Contributor's comments: Court bars New York Times from publishing Project Veritas memos in move called ‘unconstitutional’
A New York state judge ruled on Thursday that the New York Times must temporarily cease publication of articles based on internal documents from Project Veritas, which sued the newspaper for defamation last year — a decision that was sharply criticized as unconstitutional by both the leadership of the Times and press freedom advocates.
The ruling, by Westchester County Supreme Court Judge Charles D. Wood, follows a Times story last week based on memos written by the group’s media lawyer that the Times said revealed “the extent to which the group has worked with its lawyers to gauge how far its deceptive reporting practices can go before running afoul of federal laws.”