NightJack blogger to sue the Times
Richard Horton has instructed solicitor Mark Lewis.
By David Allen Green Published 09 February 2012 14:39Richard Horton has instructed solicitor Mark Lewis.
Richard Horton, the serving police officer who was exposed by the Times as the author of the acclaimed "NightJack" blog, has now instructed solicitor Mark Lewis to sue the newspaper in a privacy action.
David Allen Green is legal correspondent of the New Statesman
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This is quite a good article. Many new questions emerge to the surface, all you need do is to read further information about the issues. Only then one can form a final view on a particular subject. Otherwise everything is seen only in the dimension of cum more black and white. The natural logic of evaluating things before vstavane skrine they were properly cognitively processed is a horrible mistake, made by those less intelligent. People should not throw away their common slovakia sense easily. Anything and everything deserves appropriate time for making judgements.
As a MoP, I find 'freedom of the Press' to be rather tarnished at present. Shouldn't it be earned rather than assumed?
Didn't the ed discipline the journo, then run the story anyway?
At the time the Times was putting so much effort and resources into unmasking Nightjack (interesting that they didn't feel the need to bother with the countless other "lesser quality" police blogs - then or since) they were publishing blogs from anon sources in Iraq celebrating that very anonymity. Hyprocracy writ large.
And last time I looked filing witness statements to a court containing lies usually precedes a spell inside for PcJ or even Perjury. You can bet that the Times' action would have run aground immediately had Mr. Justice Eady been aware of the full facts.
Where was the public interest in unmasking this chap? You can still read the blog in it's entirety if you search for it - have a read and objectively decide whether wrecking this intelligent and useful blog was a smart move.