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So were a great many people who were there; but since the *alleged* participants have denied it, and have presumably threatened action in the absence of an apology, the RP had no choice but to demand that AD apologise.

As I've remarked before, a journalist friend of mine - not a racing journo - was sued for reporting in the Sunday Times something which many racing insiders witnessed, and freely admitted on the phone that they had witnessed; but not one of them would subsequently testify in court; and both he and the ST were done for libel.

It's very difficult for any journo to tell it as he sees it, in racing, since ranks are swiftly closed against any who step out of line. That is what the RP is up against, and the anodyne coverage of raicng in that and other papers is down to the culture of 'omerta' in racing. It's pretty impossible to buck it.

<blockquote data-quote="Sara" data-source="post: 2176436" data-attributes="member: 65329">So were a great many people who were there; but since the *alleged* participants have denied it, and have presumably threatened action in the absence of an apology, the RP had no choice but to demand that AD apologise. As I&#039;ve remarked before, a journalist friend of mine - not a racing journo - was sued for reporting in the Sunday Times something which many racing insiders witnessed, and freely admitted on the phone that they had witnessed; but not one of them would subsequently testify in court; and both he and the ST were done for libel. It&#039;s very difficult for any journo to tell it as he sees it, in racing, since ranks are swiftly closed against any who step out of line. That is what the RP is up against, and the anodyne coverage of raicng in that and other papers is down to the culture of &#039;omerta&#039; in racing. It&#039;s pretty impossible to buck it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sara, post: 2176436, member: 65329"] So were a great many people who were there; but since the *alleged* participants have denied it, and have presumably threatened action in the absence of an apology, the RP had no choice but to demand that AD apologise. As I've remarked before, a journalist friend of mine - not a racing journo - was sued for reporting in the Sunday Times something which many racing insiders witnessed, and freely admitted on the phone that they had witnessed; but not one of them would subsequently testify in court; and both he and the ST were done for libel. It's very difficult for any journo to tell it as he sees it, in racing, since ranks are swiftly closed against any who step out of line. That is what the RP is up against, and the anodyne coverage of raicng in that and other papers is down to the culture of 'omerta' in racing. It's pretty impossible to buck it. [/QUOTE]

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