Independent Producer Handbook

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1. Introduction
2. Channel 4's Compliance Procedures
3. Five's Compliance Procedures
4. OFCOM Broadcasting Code
5. Media Law
6. Programming Checklists
7. Channel 4 Appendices
8. Five Appendices

• Channel 4
• Five

5A Defamation : Who has to prove what?

In libel actions, the burden of proving the truth of the allegations is on the party that makes the allegations. The fact that a story is true is not, therefore, enough. Can the story be proved to be true?