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When the United States and even the whole world held the stubbing stubbing 'Before embracing children,' mocking Andy's luxury life, the New York court formally accepted the Andy Smith Lawyers Group's "New York Post" to fabricate facts. The rumor-defamation lawsuit was formally filed.

The indictment used the "New York Post" to release inconsistent attack statements and caused reputational damage to Andy Smith and his family. The impact was extremely bad, and the court was requested to investigate the legal responsibility of the "New York Post" and eliminate the adverse effects and compensation. A total of 1 billion US dollars for mental damage ...

As soon as this news and sky-high compensation were revealed, the entire United States was in an uproar, and other media were even more excited to start preparing to report on the battle between the two media kings. This is definitely a protracted media battle and a media feast. Waiting gleefully for the melon to fall.

All kinds of reports and news were clamoring, and many legal persons even came forward to express their opinions. It is generally believed that the New York Post ’s hope of victory is slim, because the rhetorical questions at the end of the report are indeed full of malice, or are they just born A near-term baby ... unless the New York Post has sufficient evidence to prove the facts stated in the news report. Otherwise, the compensation will be lost, and the New York Post is afraid that it will not be able to pay $ 1 billion.

In fact, most of the people who have read that report know that the content reported by the New York Post is probably very low. Even if some of the content is true, they can't produce evidence and witnesses to prove it, unless They can show the daily living video of Andy Smith's house to prove it, but it is undoubtedly impossible.

The United States has a long history of defamation, including written and oral defamation. By the end of the 1980s, due to the rise of electronic media, publicly and maliciously publishing offensive facts that did not conform to facts was one of the criteria for defining the crime of defamation.

I am afraid that the freedom of speech this time cannot really be the shield of the New York Post. The so-called freedom of public opinion refers to the freedom of individuals and the media to express their opinions. Commentators can treat a person, a certain person from various aspects such as personal preferences, moral standards and social influence. Companies, a certain ** to express their opinions and opinions. However, freedom of expression does not mean that a person or company can be falsely accused by maliciously fabricating facts and creating rumors.

Because malicious factual allegations are extremely harmful, such slander is published in a way that seems to state the true facts, and it is very easy to mislead the public. Therefore, US law has a very strict definition of factual allegations.

Rupert Murdoch, who received the news for the first time, scoffed at the lawsuit. Since he started to do media, lawsuits have been commonplace for him and his News Corps. No one has a lawyer. group?

To these rich people, it is really not a matter of litigation, what? Little hope of winning? Then drag on, drag on for three years and five years, everyone is tired, tired, coupled with the impermanence of the world, maybe reconciliation one day, it's that simple.

Although this time, Andy Smith may not compromise and reconcile, but Murdoch has prepared the lawyers team to fight a protracted war. As for other strike methods of Andy Smith, the old fox has long predicted.

What Andy Smith can do to hurt him and News Corps is nothing more than the "eavesdropping scandal" that has been used once, but how can an old fox who has already suffered a loss last time fall twice in the same place?

"You must be clean about the British thing, right?" Murdoch looked at his son James seriously in the office and asked.

"Okay, clear your hands and tails."

"Well, during this time, let the financial team keep an eye on the financial market. I am worried that he will make a fuss in the stock market!" Murdoch narrowed his eyes and said indifferently, although he was not afraid to touch Andy Smith. , But there will not be the same contempt as the original, and now Andy Smith is the existence that no one can despise.

Similarly, Andy is not a fool. Naturally, he will not use the "eavesdropping scandal" in his hand as a killer. The old fox let the biggest thorny reporter go to God. It can be seen how simple and rude the sweeping work is.

However, News Corps is like a sieve, and it is not that only one abscess carrion is a fatal weakness. In the eyes of Andy, the eavesdropping scandal is just a turning point for Murdoch's media empire in Britain for decades, not its depth. A period of crisis.

On August 3, a headline on the front page of the UK's "Duo Li" reported that a senior British police officer investigating a "eavesdropping case" said that the use of illegal means to purchase news by the Murdoch News Group's "Sun" has been in-depth At the deep operation center of this newspaper, there are police, military, health care workers and government officials who buy and sell newspapers. In the past few years, a British official has made a profit of 80,000 pounds ...

One stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the original wiretapping scandal was delayed due to the lack of investigation. News Corps, which was a little bored and lost attention in Britain, was once again caught in the scandal of 'buying news'. This is undoubtedly a fire. The role of oil, especially the contents of this scandal of buying news, is the true investigation content.

And this scandal of real money buying news has caused huge repercussions in the British media, politics, and police, and has once again brought the original "Eavesdropping Scandal" to a halt to the public again. After all, both sexes are involved in the media. Many issues, such as professional ethics, improper police-media relations, and complex government-media relations, have become increasingly difficult to resolve.

The storm in Britain is just a prelude to Andy's plan. After all, the United States and the United Kingdom are separated by an Atlantic Ocean. Even if these reports did affect the decline of News Corp's stock price, it did not achieve short selling at all. The extent to which benefits are maximized.

To put it bluntly, the place where you really die is still on Wall Street! In the U.S!

Therefore, in a news interview program on the New York, nbc TV station, former former Fox News executive Dan Cooper broke the news and said that the Fox News Channel, a subsidiary of News Corporation, has a dedicated newspaper department at its headquarters in New York. , Responsible for monitoring its staff and competitors.

"... Most people think that the department may be just a simple research department on Fox News Channel. But in reality, it is an intelligence agency and a department in charge of 'black' operations, so getting phone records is for them A piece of cake. "

Cooper also revealed that he has helped build this highly confidential agency. The agency consists of 15 "researchers" with a guard at the door. People working there are not allowed to talk to each other.

Faced with the allegations, the Fox News Channel quickly came forward to officially deny the allegations and accused Cooper of spreading lies.

However, the American people were still a little bit euphoric while eating the melons. When the news broke, they were shocked. The most credible "New York Observer" in Manhattan reported with an American investigator as the source. "I tried to buy some private call records of the victims of the" 911 "terrorist attack ...

As soon as this report came out, public opinion in the United States broke out and New York was angry.

"... I'm afraid to disappoint you. The content of the news report is true. The source of the news is very reliable." Andy smiled at the corner of his mouth, holding his mobile phone in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, reaching out to press the blinds, squinting his eyes. Some reporters and editors of the Los Angeles Times, who responded to the union ’s protest in the street downstairs, were very serious, solemnly speaking to the other end of the phone.

"Unforgivable! I can hardly imagine that someone had tried to find out the call records or voicemail messages of the victims of the" September 11 "and the missing persons before the attack and eavesdropped on the calls of the victims' families after the tragedy. This idea is really "despicable." This matter must be investigated. This is the United States, not the United Kingdom! "

"It really needs a statement, after all, many of our neighbors on Long Island lost their loved ones in that disaster." Andy calmly gave Murdoch the eye because the other side of the phone was the House of Lords Land The chairman of the security committee, Peter King, not only came from Long Island, but also a relative was killed in the disaster.

"I will ask fbi to intervene in the eavesdropping scandal investigation! Damn Tuao villain ..."

Listening to the swearing curse on the phone, the smile on Andy's face became brighter, and the cold light in his eyes became fiercer.