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Could Huw Edwards have a case for libel?

The News Agents

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The Duty of Care and Responsibility of News Editors

Hugh Edwards is employed by BBC News. So for the managers to say, well, no, no, we're just interested in the journalism,. We're not interested in the duty of care. It's just Alice in Wonderland. And I also think that the son has now rode back from this implication of criminality in their coverage. They literally said on their newspaper that the top BBC star who paid child, child for sex pictures could be charged by cops and face years in prison. That is a sun headline. If that doesn't suggest criminality, I said could be. Well, that people don't quite know where the line is between and it's an age old question.

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