LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Liberty University has filed a lawsuit against The New York Times and one of its reporters, saying the newspaper intentionally misrepresented the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Virginia college campus.
The complaint filed Wednesday said the Times, reporter Elizabeth Williamson and a photographer said the school suffered a COVID-19 outbreak when it reopened after spring break and that nearly a dozen students were sick with the virus.
The school said the facts were just the opposite because they were told there were no known cases of COVID-19 at Liberty.
A spokeswoman for the Times didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday afternoon.
