ITN vs Bosnia Truth Court case in the UKTwo-Ten Communications carried an LM press release, and ITN sued them for libel. Two-Ten is a small company, a subsidiary of the UK's PA (Press Association).
It'll be interesting to see if newspapers report the case tommorow, and
if so, what they say. As far as I'm aware, Two-Ten did not "contest" the
case because they could not afford to. This allows ITN to "buy" the
truth in a High Court judgement.
Reprinted without permission, for "fair use" only ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BBC Ceefax 17 April 1997 12:04 BST ITN WINS LIBEL APOLOGY FOR BOSNIA STORY Independent Television News and two of it's journalists have won a court case over claims that they falsified a report on detention camps in Bosnia. The libel was for a press release about an article in Living Marxism by German journalist Thomas Deichmann. Two-Ten Communications apologised to Penny Marshall, Ian Williams and the ITN camera crew for causing offence.
The report about the Serb-run camps shocked viewers throughout the
world. SKY TEXT 17 April 1997 12:09 BST ITN wins apology over Bosnia pic ITN has won and apology over claims it fabricated pictures and reports of detention camps run by Bosnian Serbs. The apology came from a news service company which transmitted a Living Marxism claim that the horrific conditions in the camp were staged by journalists.
The High Court agreed that the reports were accurate and impartial.
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