to wonder what we can say about newspaper editors without risking contempt of court?

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I don't understand the AIBU, is there some new law just made that passed me by?

No, just a long-standing law that some people don't like. And a high-profile trial going on at the moment.

As with any matter sub-judice, you can say what has been mentioned in open court. You can relate it to other published material. You shouldn't speculate about the guilt of those being tried.

So, it's now OK to say that there was a 6 year affair. It's OK to say that at around that time RB divorced her first husband. It's Ok to say your opinion of her first husband (not on trial) has gone up, as he never spoke badly of her publicly.

"The fact is you are my best friend, I tell you everything, I confide in you, I seek your advice, I love you, care about you, worry about you. We laugh and cry together. In fact, without our relationship in my life I'm really not sure how I would cope."

Rebekah Brooks, aged 13 and a half.

this may help

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24762474

Libel isn't relevant to contempt of court, though.

And yes, nice to see two people who sprayed other people's private lives all over their newspapers for profit, power and public ridicule getting a little taste of what it feels like.

The rule is that you must not say anything about an ongoing trial. But the papers get away with it.

Not that you must not say anything, but you must not (1) breach any orders the judge has made restricting what can be reported; and (2) must not publish anything that carries a serious risk of substantial prejudice to the fairness of the trial (so it applies to undermining the prosecution case as well as undermining the defence case).

Still wondering if the RB/RK story is true................

RK?

exH

Rumoured still a super injunction in place......

Oh of course, sorry, being dim. I think I know the tale you mean now.
Frankly, once all these criminal proceedings are over we need the mother of all Vanity Fair stories on this lot, up to and including Murdoch, Deng, and Prime Ministers past and present.