“It’s an extraordinary victory for Ten’s The Project and Britanny Higgins. It is also a stunning defeat for Bruce Lehrmann and all in the media who supported him. And finally it’s a lesson to all those who sue for defamation…” #MediaWatch
Watch the full story here: abc.net.au/mediawatch/epi…
@ABCmediawatch Makes you wonder why ABC and 9 rushed to settlement so early for big bucks
@ABCmediawatch Why were the media supporting *anybody* in a criminal matter? If this hadn't happened in a parliamentary building, we would be highly unlikely to know who either of them are. Learned nothing from Lindy Chamberlain, or George Pell. And you wonder why you are losing audience.
@ABCmediawatch Lesson is simple. Don’t sue for defamation if your guilty. 🤦♂️ 🤷♂️
@ABCmediawatch Can you explore #Lehrmann’s successful defamation settlements against @ABCaustralia and @newscorp? Why did they settle? Could they have won if they’d gone to trial? How much did they pay? 🤔 Will we ever know? And what consequences for Ch7 Australia & K Stokes? ($$ aside?)
@ABCmediawatch We do need to know why the ABC settled and gave Bruce Lehrmann a payout!
@ABCmediawatch Didn’t the judge say that Higgins was lying as well but her lies are better organised.
@ABCmediawatch #MediaWatch seems to have ignored the section of Justice Lee's verdict where he said that Lisa Wilkinson, as a senior journalist, should have known better than to make comments subjudice which derailed the criminal trial. And that The Project's checking was inadequate? #Lehrmann