Can Mike Sheahan do that?

[jim boy]

Sounds like you want it both ways. Previously you have said that papers can make up what they want without fear of a lawsuit as long as it's consistent with that person's character but here you are saying they can't? You're saying there is somesort of cut ff point regarding seriousness? That's a contradiction.

I've never suggested any cut-off point, at least in a legal sense. Its just a matter of risk/benefit. But again I'll state again it again for your benefit. "then it would be far more onerous task to show that this is typical of Gardiner as would be required by the HUN". Perhaps the use of word like onerous was too much for you. More onerous as in 'more difficult'. Gardiner for all his bad-boy reputation, has never been alledged to have committed any sort of serious crime. If he was a person of the character of the pre-reformed Chopper Read, then maybe the Hun would be in with a shot, but he is not and your argument is pure fancy.

 

[bunsen burner]

I've never suggested any cut-off point, at least in a legal sense. Its just a matter of risk/benefit. But again I'll state again it again for your benefit. "then it would be far more onerous task to show that this is typical of Gardiner as would be required by the HUN". Perhaps the use of word like onerous was too much for you. More onerous as in 'more difficult'. Gardiner for all his bad-boy reputation, has never been alledged to have committed any sort of serious crime. If he was a person of the character of the pre-reformed Chopper Read, then maybe the Hun would be in with a shot, but he is not and your argument is pure fancy.

How can you say this with a straight face?

Chad Fletcher
Never heard a bad word about him before the LV incident

Michael Gardiner
- alleged he was recorded by police buying cocaine
- Was talking to crime figures via phone regularly immediately before and after a club brawl where a man was stabbed
- refused to talk t police
- has known bikie associates
- has repeated discipline problems resulted in him being sacked from an AFL footy club.


So please don't sit there with a straight face and tell me it's harder to correlate Gardiner to the said incident.

So basically, what it equates to is you think a journalist can fabricate and publish this:

Michael Gardiner went out last night and had 2 high class call girls snort coke off his co*K and then he went with some bikies and was involved in a brawl where a knife was used"

with no risk of being sued?


Come on, time to stop this silliness.

 

[Butane]

All the talk coming out of Perth was that Fletcher was going to sue. Anyone know anything else?

 

[bunsen burner]

All the talk coming out of Perth was that Fletcher was going to sue. Anyone know anything else?

And why didn't Hutchison ask Gooding if Fetcher or the Eagles were going to sue?

 

[Butane]

Cause they weren't talking about Mike Sheahan. They were trying to get the truth out, not talk about another journalist. But i wish he had have asked.

 

[bunsen burner]

Cause they weren't talking about Mike Sheahan. They were trying to get the truth out, not talk about another journalist. But i wish he had have asked.

Although it would have got a "nothing to do with us, ask Chad. I haven't spoken to him about it", it would have been a good question. And still quite relevant. Actually very relevant. Could have followed up with: "If Chad doesn't sue do you think that casts more doubt on the issue in your eyes?"