The Harrison principle (that the ordinary reasonable reader is mindful of the presumption of innocence) is confined to reports of arrest and charge by police, and does not extend to publications reporting accusations from unofficial sources unrelated to the criminal justice system. Mere republication of defamatory hearsay suffices to attract liability without the publisher having 'adopted' the statement, though the context of republication (including whether the hearsay was endorsed, repudiated or discounted) may affect what imputations are conveyed. The publisher's subjective intention is irrelevant; only the objective intention as inferred from the publication matters.
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