A defamation battle between media mogul Lachlan Murdoch and the publisher of Crikey is being driven by “ego and hubris and ideology” and may be sent back to mediation, a judge has complained.
Mr Murdoch is suing Crikey owner Private Media and senior figures over an opinion piece published in June last year, which labelled him an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the Capitol Hill riot in 2020.
