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Hit jobs case: PR consultant apologises and promises cash to settle defamation case that came from Dirty Politics
3 Mar, 2021 07:10 AM
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PR consultant Carrick Graham in his Parnell office. Photo / Doug Sherring
An apology and cash payment has been made by a public relations consultant to three public health experts who were victims of defamatory online attacks alleged to have been funded by money from Big Sugar and Big Tobacco.
The apology from Carrick Graham came in the opening hours of a defamation case at the High Court in Auckland in which evidence was to be produced showing he had taken money from clients in alcohol and food industries and paid former Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater to attack public health researchers.