My client A used to have a company that was in competition with company B which is a very well established organistion. When A started to take customers from B, B had an article ran in the daily telegraph and a slot on bbc watchdog saying A was a fraudster. The journalists, in the telegraph at least, were well known “friends” of B. They can’t have done much research as it wasn’t true. A had to close down his business and lost their house, as well as 40 employees losing their jobs.
so I don’t really trust them on stuff like this. It’s so minor to them I can quite imagine they don’t care