Media thread 2022/23

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Chris in London said:
It usually is if the Judge decides the case, but most apologies in libel cases follow an out of court settlement. Then everything depends on the terms of the settlement. The Sun published a front page banner headline apology to Elton John (‘Sorry Elton’) because that’s what the settlement of his claim stipulated.

If a newspaper offers to pay you £1m damages and an apology, but the apology will be on page 27, it’s up to you whether you accept it or not.
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Fair play to Elton John, I’m not a fan of him or his music, nor of needlessly litigious bullies that a lot of celebrities are, but he has been absolutely on point about nailing the fuckers several times when they thought they could get away with blatant lies and inventions.
He usually donates the surplus to charity as well
City could take a leaf out of his book
 
The best written apology ever was from Viz. They did an article/cartoon strip entitled Gypsy Thieving Scum.
Someone complained and they were forced to print an apology. It went something like this....
GYPSY THIEVING SCUM. in our last edition we did an article called Gypsy Thieving Scum. We should not have used the term Gypsy Thieving Scum and won't repeat the phrase Gypsy Thieving Scum. It went on for a full page continually using those 3 words but continually apologising.
 
Blue Mist said:
The best written apology ever was from Viz. They did an article/cartoon strip entitled Gypsy Thieving Scum.
Someone complained and they were forced to print an apology. It went something like this....
GYPSY THIEVING SCUM. in our last edition we did an article called Gypsy Thieving Scum. We should not have used the term Gypsy Thieving Scum and won't repeat the phrase Gypsy Thieving Scum. It went on for a full page continually using those 3 words but continually apologising.
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The strip was called ‘The Thieving Gypsy Bastards’
 
petrusha said:
I'm not a specialist in defamation, mate, but I think your lawyers may have let you down. First, it's true. But second, even if you can't prove it to be true, in order to be libellous, a statement has to harm the reputation of the person involved. How can that possibly damage Sven's reputation? They should have told him to fuck off and they'd see him in court, though it's hard to criticise an outcome that involves money going to charity.
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He did win a a big settlement against the Star who did an article about him ‘dancing close and seductively with a mystery young blonde’ at an event and ‘soon after they left hand in hand and got in a waiting limo to who knows where?’
It was his teenage daughter
 
KS55 said:
She is a journalist who lives in London and has never lived elsewhere. She is a Juve supporter basically trying to say that so many clubs are “at it” that the accusations against Juve are about actions which are common in football, so let us off, please.
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I’m just catching up on the last couple of days of this thread.

What’s the name of this journalist you’re talking about pal, and who was the Sky presenter who chimed in afterwards?
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Very difficult to dictate editorial policy, but tend to agree.

Sven once tried to sue me because I described him a "legendary pork swordsman" in a showbiz piece I wrote for the Bizarre column.
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Rumour has that whilst Svenis & his penice was the manager at gods own, he had a policy of: If his shoes are outside his office door, do not enter as Sven is……erm ‘busy’ ;)

No knockin’ whilst the car is rockin’ springs to mind
 
Maly said:
Rumour has that whilst Svenis & his penice was the manager at gods own, he had a policy of: If his shoes are outside his office door, do not enter as Sven is……erm ‘busy’ ;)

No knockin’ whilst the car is rockin’ springs to mind
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No that was a story from Ulrika’s cleaner when he was banging her
 
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