Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:11:44 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<https://theconversation.com/murdoch-v-crikey-highlights-how-australias-defamation-laws-protect-the-rich-and-powerful-189228>
"There is no better example of how Australia’s defamation laws enable the rich
and powerful to intimidate their critics than Lachlan Murdoch suing
Crikey.com over a comment piece concerning Fox News, Donald Trump and the
Washington insurrection of January 6 2021.
Crikey says it has published the correspondence between its lawyers and
Murdoch’s in order to show how media power is abused in Australia.
The correspondence begins with a “concerns notice” Murdoch sent to Crikey,
which is the essential first step in launching an action for defamation. In it,
Murdoch claims that the Crikey commentary by Bernard Keane, published on June
29 2022, conveyed 14 meanings that were defamatory of Murdoch."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
"There is no better example of how Australia’s defamation laws enable the rich
and powerful to intimidate their critics than Lachlan Murdoch suing
Crikey.com over a comment piece concerning Fox News, Donald Trump and the
Washington insurrection of January 6 2021.
Crikey says it has published the correspondence between its lawyers and
Murdoch’s in order to show how media power is abused in Australia.
The correspondence begins with a “concerns notice” Murdoch sent to Crikey,
which is the essential first step in launching an action for defamation. In it,
Murdoch claims that the Crikey commentary by Bernard Keane, published on June
29 2022, conveyed 14 meanings that were defamatory of Murdoch."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
