Crikey’s open letter lays bare Lachlan Murdoch’s legal fight
Independent news website Crikey has taken out ad space in The New York Times and The Canberra Times in order to run an open letter to Lachlan Murdoch, stating its intent to defend its journalism in court, after alleged threats of a defamation suit.
The letter will run in Monday’s New York Times (22 August), and Tuesday’s Canberra Times (23 August). Alongside the note, Crikey has also published all “legal demands and accusations” this evening between Murdoch’s lawyers and its own legal correspondence in full “so people can judge your allegations for themselves”, the letter wrote.
The Crikey website now shows a section “The Lachlan Murdoch Letters”, which features the full legal correspondence, alongside articles from Eric Beecher, Peter Fray, and Bernard Keane.
“We don’t think it is a controversial view that Fox News, and those who run it, might have played a part in the events of January 6th 2021. But even more than this, we think it is absolutely essential that we defend the right to publish this view.”
The inference is that somehow Fox incited the riot and unless they can prove that then Crikey is in deep trouble. Just because you believe something does not mean you can publish – especially when you are effectively accusing Fox of treason.
Going to be an expensive PR exercise for them.
Well done Crikey! Too many half truths and too much nod, nod, wink wink from our our big business “media” organisations, who specialise in homogenised journalism