25-05-2023, 07:00 PM
(25-05-2023, 08:15 AM)Stooky Bill Wrote:(25-05-2023, 07:27 AM)Brekkie Wrote: One thing GB News will have to be careful about in continuing to talk about such a story is that if anyone is going to do a Matthew Wright then the channel that sells itself on "free speech" is likely where it will happen - which ultimately may end up costing it a small fortune.It happened at the weekend when a contributor libelled Philip Schofield thinking that saying 'allegedly' afterwards meant it didn't count. Even though one of the other guests was lawyer Jerry Hayes, who urged her to retract she didn't and there was a very late intervention by Mark Dolan.
Despite the defamatory nature they left it online for over 36 hours
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Who would be liable? The guest of course, but would the channel itself be liable to a suit?