SouthAussie
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I found this article by Sydney Morning Herald in Jan 2015
William Harrie Spedding the focus of William Tyrell investigation
Now has this disclaimer at the top of the article
NOTE: The Australian Press Council found this article did not breach its Standards of Practice. Read the full adjudication here:
Adjudication 1651: Complainant/The Sydney Morning Herald (August 2015) - Australian Press Council
..... "After receiving a complaint, the Council asked the publication to comment on whether such prominent treatment focusing on a single “person of interest” had breached the Standards of Practice relating to privacy and fairness, as Mr Spedding had not been arrested or charged and police said at the time it was “not a major breakthrough”, “no person had been charged” and “a number of persons had been spoken to as part of this phase of the investigation”.
Interesting reading that a complaint had been made as far back as 2015
Yes, we learned back when this happened that it is all about publishing a 'balanced' article. It is not that the media cannot publish this stuff, it is just that they need to make sure the article is balanced.
Which is evidently one of the reasons that they employ staff lawyers, to assist when there is a question about anything they want to publish. It would seem that the staff lawyers have allowed the articles in the defamation case, so I imagine the defense will be quite strong.
I certainly hope that the defense ask the question "Why didn't you fix the missing 'S' or remove the rest of the letters?" Because, to me, that is a no-brainer. If you don't want to be libelled or have your reputation smeared by the vandalism ... fix it if you are going to drive around in the van, position your parked van so the lettering can't be seen until you do.
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