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The online news outlet has had a preliminary win in its defamation fight with the Fox Corporation CEO, after a judge declined to throw out part of its defence.
Media mogul Lachlan Murdoch and news publication Crikey have both unsuccessfully attacked each others' pleadings amid a hotly contested defamation lawsuit.
Crikey will struggle to deploy a new public interest defence against Lachlan Murdoch, a court has heard.
As the Murdoch family contends with billion-dollar defamation suits tied to the 2020 election, Lachlan Murdoch is taking Crikey to court over a critical Jan. 6–related opinion column. The site, says founder Stephen Mayne, has long “been holding the Murdoch empire to account.”
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