Lydia Conwell#JonathanCook | BBC editor's libel case against Owen Jones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why
"Berg and his lawyers had hoped to force Jones to defend the article on the basis it was a “statement of fact”.
This distinction is crucial. Had the judge agreed with Berg’s team, responsibility would have fallen on Jones to prove what amounts to intent by Berg to skew BBC coverage – something that, in the absence of internal documents revealing what was being said behind closed doors – would have been nigh impossible."