But the judge accepted as fair comment Lim's assertion that Mohtar had practiced a double-standard.
For information on what is really happening, and fair comment, you have to turn to the newspapers.
There's also a proposal for an "honest opinion" defence to replace the current, rather ineffectual defence of "fair comment".
Mr Gormley's claim is being resisted on the grounds of fair comment, qualified privilege and a further defence of justification.
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Two years ago, a language professor said some sections of the Scottish media's coverage of the language had gone beyond fair comment and good taste.
It is proposed to scrap the common law defences of "justification" and "fair comment" and replace them with new statutory defences of "truth" and "honest opinion".
Former Justice Secretary Jack Straw also agreed that the plans would make "significant changes", particularly the plans to replace the common law defence of "fair comment" with "honest opinion".
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He told MPs and peers that it "makes sense" to replace the defence of fair comment - adding that he believed that area of the law to be "overcomplicated and a bit of a mess".
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In its early stages, England's efforts were dogged by in-fighting, with former board member Karren Brady admitting it was "fair comment" to say it looked like a shambles after Premier League chairman Dave Richards resigned from the bid team.
In its early stages, England's efforts were dogged by in-fighting, with former board member Karren Brady admitting it was "fair comment" to say it looked like a shambles after Premier League chairman Dave Richardson resigned from the bid team.
If not, pick up the phone to give officials a fair chance to comment.
In the Canadian press briefing I went to Mr Kent twice described the tar sands industry as "responsible and sustainable" - a phrase that garnered a fair amount of comment when I tweeted it.
Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
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Widespread media comment before and during the trial made a fair verdict almost impossible.
But the decision to "pause" the bill and then to re-write it to appease its critics, owed a fair bit to in house critics in both coalition parties in the Commons, to a stream of detailed comment and criticism from Stephen Dorrell's Health Select Committee, and still more to the promise of ambush with overwhelming force in the House of Lords.
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