Were the media wrong to settle defamation actions out of court?

[Mr Gray]

As neither you nor Brietta are willing to provide evidence to support this claim, I am filing it in my waste basket.

 

the evidence has already been provided...most of what you post goes straight into my waste basket so fair enough

[John]

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[ShiningInLuz]

the evidence has already been provided...most of what you post goes straight into my waste basket so fair enough

Oh dear - the old "evidence has already been provided" strategy.   

[Sunny]

Probably as off topic as all the posts earlier but I have some figures for Portugal as apparently Davel's UK weren't suitable.

The Court dealt with 222 applications concerning Portugal in 2017, of which 209 were declared
inadmissible or struck out. It delivered 13 judgments (concerning 13 applications), 10 of which
found at least one violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.

SO 2017 we have 10 out of 222 applications in Portugal which I get to just under 5% success rate for applicants.

Here is the cite https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/CP_Portugal_ENG.pdf

[ShiningInLuz]

Probably as off topic as all the posts earlier but I have some figures for Portugal as apparently Davel's UK weren't suitable.

The Court dealt with 222 applications concerning Portugal in 2017, of which 209 were declared
inadmissible or struck out. It delivered 13 judgments (concerning 13 applications), 10 of which
found at least one violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.

SO 2017 we have 10 out of 222 applications in Portugal which I get to just under 5% success rate for applicants.

Here is the cite https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/CP_Portugal_ENG.pdf

Many thanks for your time and effort.   

[slartibartfast]

Can we stay on topic please.

[Robittybob1]

Can we stay on topic please.

What was the topic? 

[slartibartfast]

What was the topic?

It’s the words at the top of each post.

[Robittybob1]

It’s the words at the top of each post.

When I look at those words I being to wonder if "Were the media wrong to settle defamation actions out of court?" should have been written more correctly as "Was the media wrong to settle defamation actions out of court?"  Is "the media" singular or plural?

[Alice Purjorick]

 Were the media wrong to settle defamation actions out of court?

No! That's the customary way to play the game.

[Robittybob1]

Were the media wrong to settle defamation actions out of court?

No! That's the customary way to play the game.

What game? 

[Angelo222]

When I look at those words I being to wonder if "Were the media wrong to settle defamation actions out of court?" should have been written more correctly as "Was the media wrong to settle defamation actions out of court?"  Is "the media" singular or plural?

Which would you say is correct?

The media were wrong to settle out of court

or

The media was wrong to settle out of court

[Brietta]

Which would you say is correct?

The media were wrong to settle out of court

or

The media was wrong to settle out of court

I think 'media' is plural so should be treated as such ... but "The media was wrong" sounds good to me too ... so anybody's guess.

[Alice Purjorick]

What game?

The game that is the subject of this thread.
Libel and out of court settlements.

[Mr Gray]

Were the media wrong to settle defamation actions out of court?

No! That's the customary way to play the game.

agreed ....there really is no question about out it...