How much compensation would make up for the character assassination he suffered at the hands of the press?

[sandyRoe]

http://uk.news.yahoo....newpaper-dba1618.html
I hope he gets millions.

[pink-kittens]

at the very least!
He should also get a front page full apology - this is why we need a 'no names published until guilty is given' law

[MickeyTheBrick]

Whatever money anyone receives from newspapers for libel etc, the judge who decides the amount must ensure that it is a greater sum than the newspapers made from the articles printed, otherwise there will be no deterrent.

[bibblebub]

Certain sections of the media need to be made to realise that they can't print baseless character assassinations and get away with it lightly.

[Mick-Talbot]

and how do you find out, how much money the paper made from the article?

[Sqad]

None.

The media printed the facts given to them by the Police and investigative journalism never accused him of being the murderer.......as far as I remember.

[MickeyTheBrick]

Well, if it was me deciding the amount, I would request how much money the paper made on the day the said article was printed and then double that amount.

[Mick-Talbot]

so you have no idea then?

[MickeyTheBrick]

Well, I'm not privy to that sort of information. A judge, however, would be. Complicated stuff for you, obviously.

[Postdog]

Newspapers and TV made a big thing of him being a suspect, and whether the police were to blame originally is irrellevant - they publicised him and I for one thought he was a cert. Admitedly him looking like a paedo anyway didn't help matters but I still thought he was behind it because he had been put in the frame.

[sandyRoe]

While none of the papers actually wrote 'J'accuse' he wasn't given all that press attention because of his odd hairstyle or supposedly strange ways.

[MickeyTheBrick]

Lol, Postdog.

[Mick-Talbot]

lol what information?

is the judge going to find out, who bought the paper when the article was published and then ask each individual reader if they bought the paper specifically to read the said article????

[MickeyTheBrick]

Mmm. Let me make this nice and simple for you. Regardless of whether or not anyone bought the paper because of that article, I would find out how much money the paper made that day, in total. Then double it. If you are still unsure, matey, perhaps you can get another grown-up to explain or sketch a diagram.

[Mick-Talbot]

must ensure that it is a greater sum than the newspapers made from the articles printed,


again, tell me how you would find out how mc a paper made from the article......me thinks you have moved the goal posts.

[MickeyTheBrick]

Well surely the money made in total on the day would be more than the money made from the articles printed on that day. So, no moved goalposts there then.

[Sqad]

Mickey...that is stupid as you are assuming that all the profit made on that day was due to our friend, but even without the story, the paper would have made a handsome profit.
What you could do is to take the profit made on a "normal" day from the profit made on the day of the "story" and assume that the extra profit was due to the story of the suspect.

BUT, if there was no increase in profit on that day and according to you double it for his compensation......then he would end up with .. NOTHING.

[Mick-Talbot]

Mickey...that is stupid


what sqad said.

[MickeyTheBrick]

No, Sqad, I'm not making that assumption. My idea may be radical or draconian, but it would ensure that the paper had not made a profit from the story. Even if nobody had bought the paper that day because of the article, I would still make the paper pay double its profits. I wouldn't bother comparing one day's profits to the next.
By the way, you've got something hanging on your shirt tails....oh, it's Mick T.

[jackthehat]

Do you really believe that 'any' newspaper makes money from each and every copy sold ?
That's a nonsense............the money is made from the advertising space it sells. Many people simply buy the newspaper they are used to buying, regardless of what is carries on its front page. It would be impossible to calculate 'how much' money Fleet Street made from *any* given story.

That Chris Jeffries is owed a fullsome apology and financial compensation for all the intrusion and accusation is obvious.

It'll be interesting to see which ABers will offer a similar apology for all the comments made on this forum.

[Sqad]

Micky

<<<<<Even if nobody had bought the paper that day because of the article,>>>>

Then the profit for the newspaper that day would have been nil........double that for compensation (according to you) and his compensation for him would have been ..NIL.

It wan't the media that was to blame.....it was the police and if there is any compensation it should come from the police, not the media.