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Topic: twitdef
University of Canberra journalism academic Julie Posetti has accused The Australian of bullying tactics by running an incorrect story yesterday complaining she failed to disclose the newspaper was threatening her with legal action in an ABC radio interview about Twitter.

Posetti accuses The Oz of bullying tactics

Journalism

May 06, 2011

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<b>Jonathan Holmes</b> gives his damning assessment of the Chris Mitchell vs. Julia Possetti #twitdef case. Rather than focusing on the exact wording of a tweet, Mitchell should pay attention to the harsh criticism being levelled against his paper by a disenchanted ex-journo.

Holmes: Stop ignoring the key #twitdef issue

Links

Dec 03, 2010

Today, Professor of Journalism at Bond University and the author of The Journalist's Guide to Media Law Mark Pearson states the obvious in <i>Crikey</i>.

Most journalists…

Crikey Says

Dec 03, 2010

2

The editor in Chief of <em>The Australian</em> newspaper, Chris Mitchell, has sent a letter of demand to journalism academic, Julie Posetti, confirming he will pursue her for defamation over a series of tweets .

Posetti receives letter of demand from Chris Mitchell, and a special invitation

Digital

Dec 02, 2010

22

When Oz editor Chris Mitchell complains that Julie Posetti didn’t contact him to get his side of the story before tweeting, he completely misses the point.

Note to The Australian: Twitter is not a newspaper

Digital

Dec 02, 2010

14

If the editor of The Australian firms up defamation law as regards the metaphorical use of the "fascist" tag, then he will have handed innumerable people a precedent with which to target every News Ltd columnist and blogger who's muttered about "greenshirts", eco-Nazis or the like.

Rundle: Mitchell’s own goal on the eco fascist line

Journalism

Dec 01, 2010

9

From one blogger attacked by <em>The Australian</em> to the other, <b>Greg Jericho</b> -- formerly known as Grog of Grog's Gamut -- discusses the defamation case by editor-in-chief of <em>The Oz</em> Chris Mitchell against academic Julie Posetti. Typical of <em>The Oz</em> and its war against new media, says Jericho.

Grog on #twitdef

Digital

Nov 30, 2010

There are 7 articles in twitdef