Is a defamation case a sure fire way to get the truth?

Foxy,

Porter claims that it was obvious to people who the ABC was referring to in its story of a Cabinet minister being an alleged rapist.

I didn't know who it was referring to and I couldn't figure it out and didn't realise who it was until Porter came out and told the media it was him.

I am willing to provide an affidavit to that effect for the ABC to show the Court that Mr Opinion could not work out who the alleged rapist was.

And I think there are a lot of other people who couldn't work it out.

I think they should ask Porter to swear under oath that no one didn't know that he was the alleged rapist.

Hi Mr O,

It does seem a bit odd that Mr Porter should come
forward by himself unless of course his reputation and
his behaviour was already well known in Parliament and
he supposed that people would guess anyway. Perhanps
Porter was the reason that the former PM, Malcolm
Turnbull put the "anti-bonking"rule forward regarding
Ministers and staffers? Who knows? Anyway, I'm not
sure of all the legalities involved - we'll have to wait
and see.

Foxy,

Aren't the cards stacked against the ABC winning the case given that Porter and the Judges/Courts are both members of the State whereas the ABC belongs to Civil Society?

I think it will be a matter of not what one knows but who one knows.

I think the case will be found in favour of Porter by fact that it will turn into a State versus Civil Society conflict and the State has the power and authority to determine an outcome in its own favour even if public opinion is opposed to such an outcome.

Mr 0,
The government is not the state.

Hey everybody, did you see what Aidan just said:

"The government is not the state."

ARE YOU JOKING . . . . . OF COURSE IT IS PART OF THE STATE.

Tells us just how little Aidan knows.