The New York Times is being sued by Peter Brimelow over a Jan. 15 article that offered a chronology of racist and inflammatory comments by Rep. Steve King.

By Josh Gerstein @ Politico.com, Jan. 9

Peter Brimelow, an anti-immigration activist who hosts a website that has published the writings of white supremacists, is suing the New York Times for $5 million for labeling him an “open white nationalist” in an article last year.

The characterization of Brimelow that triggered the libel lawsuit appeared in a Jan. 15, 2019 article by Times political reporter Trip Gabriel that offered a chronology of racist and inflammatory comments by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). The story mentioned Brimelow in passing while noting that the two men appeared on a panel together at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference.

The suit says that after Brimelow complained about the description of him, the Times performed a “stealth edit” on the online version of the story, removing the word “open” but still branding him as a white nationalist. Brimelow rejects that label, preferring to be called a “civic nationalist.” [....]