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Lachlan Murdoch sues Australia’s Crikey for defamation

Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Corporation, attends the annual Allen and Co Sun Valley media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, July 11, 2019 [Brendan McDermid/ Reuters]

Fox News boss Lachlan Murdoch has sued the Australian media outlet Crikey, accusing the independent news site of defaming him in an opinion piece about the January 6 riots at the United States Capitol.

The lawsuit was filed late on Tuesday in Australian federal court, a day after Crikey refused to apologise for the opinion article and challenged Murdoch to sue it.

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