Updated: Clementine Ford takes legal action against Fairfax Media

Kalila Welch

March 14, 2022 9:53

Author and feminist activist Clementine Ford has launched a defamation suit against her former employer Fairfax Media over public comments made by executive editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, Tory Maguire, accusing Ford of making ‘vile and personal attacks’ on the mastheads journalists and editors after they stopped publishing her columns.

The claim, filed on the 8th of March, concerns a statement made by Maguire to the Guardian’s Amanda Meade, following the last-minute abandonment of an interview with Ford conducted by Kerrie O’Brien for the Saturday Spectrum.

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Kalila Welch

Kalila Welch joined the Mumbrella editorial team in November 2021. She took a brief career break in mid 2023 to complete her Masters of Journalism before returning to Mumbrella for a year.

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