Murdoch v Crikey: How a mere 804 words became a test case that could run into the millions | MWhitbourn zoesam93
was cynically seeking to drum up subscribers by publicising its fight. On Friday, it formally launched a crowdfunding campaign to help cover its costs.
The news outlet’s long-time lawyer, Melbourne-based MinterEllison partner Peter Bartlett, had written to Murdoch’s lawyer on July 7, after the initial legal letter was received on June 30. The publisher rejected Murdoch’s claims, but Bartlett said the article had been removed “as a goodwill gesture”, effectively short-circuiting a lawsuit.changed tack and re-published the article, before launching its public campaign. The moves crystallised Murdoch’s decision to sue.
The surname “Murdoch” appears once in the article, in the headline, which brands Trump a “confirmed unhinged traitor” and Murdoch “his unindicted co-conspirator”.Keane writes that Trump enjoyed the support of “the world’s most powerful media company, which continues ... to peddle the lie of the stolen election and play down the insurrection Trump created”.
Douglas said Murdoch was on “far stronger” ground suing for defamation in Sydney but “I would not say that a claim under US law would be hopeless”.
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