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Nick Wilde works as an investigative journalist in the fields of government and business. He has a reputation for stretching the truth to make a

  1. Nick Wilde works as an investigative journalist in the fields of government and business. He has a reputation for stretching the truth to make a story sound more interesting. Recently, Nick has run into several lawsuits brought against him for defamation. Under which circumstance will Nick be able to provide a successful defence against defamation? (consider each answer separately)
    1. Nick claims absolute privilege for something he said about what was discussed at a corporation's board meeting
    2. Nick claims qualified privilege for malicious statements he made about a politician on the politician's Facebook account
    3. Nick claims justification for whistleblowing a company's director and then it is discovered that the director was stealing funds from the company
    4. Nick claims fair comment for writing an article about a politician that led to the politician being removed from office. Nick has a personal vendetta against the politician
    5. Nick claims public interest responsible journalism, even though several facts in the article were unproven

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