...almost anyone can call themselves a journalist these days, as evidenced by the nonsense published by people claiming to be journalists on websites such as ... Stephen Mayne's Crikey.
Crikey on Piers Akerman:
...a NSW judge had this to say about Piers Akerman, in the course of awarding a $200,000 defamation payout .... "The inaccuracies of fact by the defendant... are gross... so extreme a misstatement of fact as to vitiate any defence of comment for any imputation based on it."
Yep, anyone can call themselves a journalist these days. Even Piers Akerman.
We on the left are well aware that the likes of Piers rely on bile as a substitute for competence.
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Just love all this talk about defamation payouts. Hope all the blogspiders are taking note! Cheers.
What happens if you defame a person but are bankrupt at the time?
Piers is a parody.
It's impossible to take him seriously, poor pet.
Only the sort of people who find it necessary to let everyone know how right-wing they are ("I'm soooo right-wing and you're not") pay him any note.
If you defame a person but don't have any money you're fine, unless you commit criminal defamation (prerequs vary but it involves malice and higher level consequences I think).
Hence the two dirt poor anarchists in the UK were the perfect defendants for the imbeciles at McDonalds to chase.
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