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Associated Newspapers had denied the article was libellous, and a preliminary hearing was held last month to determine what a reader would conclude was the "natural and ordinary" meaning of the Mail story.
From Reuters ● Jul. 8, 2022
In the latest, the DUP say its South Down candidate Diane Forsythe had been the victim of "a libellous and malicious campaign".
From BBC ● May 4, 2022
He is arguing that it was not libellous because it was true, and also that he was clearly expressing an opinion.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2022
When Times reporters and editors are working on a story that they believe is controversial or potentially libellous or potentially explosive, where do you come into the process, and how does that work?
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 14, 2019
Even where it is not libellous, the sickening intrusion into private life which nowadays disgraces journalism must, to any temper of any refinement and reserve, be an offence irritating beyond endurance.
From Critical Studies by Ouida
