Green energy industrialist Dale Vince was “seriously defamed” by a Daily Mail article which he claims falsely suggested he was the subject of sexual harassment allegations. Mr Vince is suing the paper’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), after the article headlined “Labour repays £100,000 to ‘sex harassment’ donor” was printed in June last year. The story reported that the Labour Party was handing back money to donor Davide Serra, who has been accused of sexual harassment, while also referencing fellow donor Mr Vince. Future Of Media USA Our weekly does of strategic insight about the future of news media aimed at US readers. The online version was amended 74 minutes after publication to change the picture of Mr Vince to one of Mr Serra, and the headline was then changed the next day to match the printed version.

Source: Daily Mail February 19, 2024 16:28 UTC