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**Chris** · 03-06-2021, 10:16

Not really - if you’re as influential as Tim Martin, it’s easier and more effective to get rival publications to slag off whoever misquoted you, especially if some of those publications referenced the original article, because they have no primary evidence of the original interview and are more vulnerable to a defamation claim. The Telegraph isn’t going to print a retraction unless it has to, and by then the news cycle has moved on and nobody notices. The misquote story got fairly extensive broadcast coverage yesterday - arguably, more than the original story. Job done as far as Mr Spoons is concerned.

Defamation cases are long, expensive affairs. If you have sufficient influence, it is usually better to play the news media than to fight it.

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Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 36,934	Re: Britain outside the EU Not really - if you’re as influential as Tim Martin, it’s easier and more effective to get rival publications to slag off whoever misquoted you, especially if some of those publications referenced the original article, because they have no primary evidence of the original interview and are more vulnerable to a defamation claim. The Telegraph isn’t going to print a retraction unless it has to, and by then the news cycle has moved on and nobody notices. The misquote story got fairly extensive broadcast coverage yesterday - arguably, more than the original story. Job done as far as Mr Spoons is concerned. Defamation cases are long, expensive affairs. If you have sufficient influence, it is usually better to play the news media than to fight it.