BBC pay out £45k in libel damages

[BBKing]

What's missing from this story?:

Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari had brought libel proceedings in London's High Court over a broadcast in March.

His solicitor-advocate, Adam Tudor, told Mr Justice Eady a member of the public asked the panel about controversial protests that month by a group of Muslim men against a regiment of British troops parading in Luton on their return from Iraq.

In reply, a panellist suggested that despite having been asked many times to condemn the kidnapping and killing of British soldiers, Dr Bari had failed to do so and thereby implicitly condoned such acts.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...y-general.html

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by BBKing

What's missing from this story?:

The story from the Daily Telegraph appears to have forgotten to mention that the Question Time "panellist" who made the allegations in question was actually a Mr Charles Moore...who is a Columnist for the Daily Telegraph, and also used to be the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009...-charles-moore

http://xrrf.blogspot.com/2009/07/cha...s-us-poor.html

[BBKing]

Originally Posted by Matt D

...who is a Columnist for the Daily Telegraph, and also used to be the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.

...and is currently refusing to pay his licence fee in protest at the Ross/Brand affair.

I believe the phrase to use here is 'you couldn't make it up'.

Moore is a senior figure on the hard right of the Tory party - a good mate of Boris Johnson and very friendly with Thatcher too, if memory serves.