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Is Morrison gaining a reputation for untrustworthiness? The answer could have serious implications for the election

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne

For good legal and ethical reasons, the media are generally wary of calling someone a liar.

It is a serious slur on a person’s reputation, implying that he or she is untrustworthy, unreliable, duplicitous and deceitful.

These are the kinds of meanings lawyers draw from the word “liar” when preparing a writ for defamation. Unless a...

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