http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/02/19/20090219mccain-lobbyist0219-ON.htmlWASHINGTON - A Washington lobbyist who said the New York Times implied she had an improper relationship with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will drop her defamation lawsuit against the newspaper, which said Thursday it never intended that readers conclude the two were having an affair.
In an unusual arrangement to settle Vicki Iseman's $27 million suit, the newspaper plans to post an opinion column by the lobbyist's lawyers on its online edition Thursday.
N.Y. Times' Washington Bureau Chief Dean Baquet, in a memo to his staff Thursday, depicted the events as a victory, because the paper did not retract any of the story or pay any money to Iseman, a telecommunications lobbyist, who said her reputation was severely damaged by the Feb. 21, 2008, report.
"We paid no money. We did not apologize. We did not retract one word of the story, which was a compelling chapter in the tale of Sen. John McCain and his political rise," Baquet said in his note.
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