just for you.

now for the conor sacking!

Well done to Morrissey.And good luck in the NME case. I've read in magazines that people who know and have known morrissey say what a kind thoughtful person he is. He is not a racist at last this has been proved in court.

It's sad that it's so rare to see someone admit they were wrong and apologize. The entire allegation was so ridiculous.

Now for that other one... hopefully this shows them that Word has done the only right thing, and they will follow soon.

This is great news, next stop NME.

He also revealed there was a possibility that Morrissey would turn up in court for the NME hearing.
He might think about turning up for all his scheduled concerts too!This is all so old now, his opinions are so irrelevant it doesn't matter what they are or what any publication prints what they think they are.

I'm glad The Word Magazine did the right thing and apologised! :) it's a good mag and I was actually shocked and surprised when I read that "review"...

now, BRING the eNeMEy DOWN! please :p

So pleased to hear this news. Well done Morrissey!

Great result.
Now lets see Connor on his knees.

Smiler x

Great result, i'm glad Morrissey stuck to his guns and followed it through. There's a difference between racism and patriotic. Now these idiots at the Word might see that.

I am incredibly happy with the Words'apologies. I hope David Quantick will die of shame, that is all he deserves.It is a good lesson for him, who is ready to stigmatise someone who only tells the truth. David Quantick should stop living in his own philosophical world, and try to see the world as it really is, and not as he thinks he should be. Criticizing Morrissey for being a person with good sense shows he has the intelligence of a psychopath and that he is a lot more narrow-minded that the star he tried to put discredit on.
Now, the discredit is on you, dear David. I hope you are feeling very bad. What a bad publicity for you and the magazine you are working for.
Next time,-if there is- you will write intelligent comments for a change.
Bye bye, loser.

Wouldn't it be nice if some of the people on this board who were less than flattering to Moz would come out and apologize as well? For those of us who were never doubters, this is welcome news!

This is brilliant news, especially after a round of nonsense reporting and pathetic media behavior. How truly embarrassing for these magazines to resort to unfounded, heavily editorialized, no-news, libelous articles.
Well done Morrissey and the team! All the best with getting public apologies from the NME, and then getting those news heavily publicized as well.

Love,
Andrea

This headline was even on the front page of Yahoo. On the entertainment tab right now.

All of these publications think that they own the stars they write about. They don`t, of course. Yamaha

...about the neccessity of taking Word to court over this issue. However, I'm pleased that Morrissey has simply accepted an apology as recompense; I've always thought that in most court cases for libel, such an outcome is sufficient, as all the person needs is their name clearing.
I didn't think anything other than action against the NME would be worthwhile, but these magazines have different readerships and Word's opinion is widely valued by those who care passionately about music and the artsits who make it. After reading the above statements, I can now understand why Morrissey felt the need to pursue such action.
So here's an apology of my own. Sorry for questioning your actions Morrissey; you know what's best for you.

That article was so unfair.

let's hope the NME will be next...

The Word article was vicious, quite a deal worse in its mauling than NME who at least acknowledged the girth of Morrissey as an artist.

This is excellent news; there is some justice in the world after all. : )

Only a matter of time

who knew she's a lawyer now? i would've thought the royalties from all those NANCY DREW books she wrote would be enough for her.

Quantick's mistake was in losing his temper, and having a tantrum in the press. He could have said much the same thing in a measured, thoughtful way and made his point.

He was undone by his own anti-Morrissey hysteria, which still runs rampant, here and elsewhere.

I'd say that it's a good sign for Moz that he still inspires such emotion. I wonder if he agrees with the great Gustave Courbet who said: "...when I am no longer contoversial, I will no longer be important."

I want to see that scumbag Quantick publicly apoligize and stop hiding behind the magazine's lawyers.

He was quick enough to put his mname and his big fat slug like features to the review, so why can't he come out now and admit he was a liar with a personal longstanding vendetta against Morrissey.

His word choice may have been poor, but the cloud over Morrissey -- the cloud put there by him -- remains in the eyes of thousands who agree with Quantick. Lawyers can't change that.

Does anyone actually imagine anyone at Word is actually sorry? Facing a court case with an uncertain outcome, they took the prudent course and offered an apology which costs them nothing. Probably, when they published the Quantick piece they suspected it might come to this. Calculated gamble.

Nothing that was written in the article required a court case, and such a charge would have been laughed at in the U.S. as perfectly Constitutional.

Furthermore, the apology had nothing to do with guilt or innocence. The magazine likely apologized because they didn't want to spend money on a frivolous court case, and thus put in behind them.

Now, any time Morrissey doesn't like what others think about him, he can just threaten to drain them in court. It is in no way honorable, meaningfully, or intelligent.

It's just a guy with too much money on his hands trying to control the court of public opinion. he doesn't even have to show up.

A hypocrite? Morrissey is the very definition of a the word "hypcrite." How can you legally force someone to court over calling them a hypocrite?

And I thought the U.S. suffered from frivolous lawsuits. This takes the cake.

Apparently, Morrissey is only for free speech when it doesn't involve negative reviews of himself.

Also, it's horrifying to see how many Morrissey fans are against free speech.

Of course, these are the Morrissey Fundamentalists,
and much like other fundamentalists their concept of rights is selective and relative only to their ideology and its goals.

It's bizarre how much Morrissey's fanbase resembles a Church.

If Moz had expressed his political opinion through the delightfully obscure lyrics such that he was previously capable of (preferably accompanied by a decent tune) his argument might have been debated with less sycophantic bias and no litigation. Instead we get inanely supportive diatribes and boring news of legal suits brought against the employers of journalists prepared to state the bleedin' obvious about Morrissey's recent "musical" output but who unwisely refer to his supposedly dubious politics in the same breath.
Our man mightn't have letters after his name but we know he aint stupid and he should know better. I suspect that Morrissey had previously given scant thought to the present issue of immigration in Britain and to have publicly pontificated on the subject was foolish. He deserves every moment of worry that his arrogant outburst in Jonze's presence last year causes him.
Just Shut up and sing, Moz.

"Rub your hands, lawyers. Morrissey is in town

Are you going to sue our arse, Morrissey, if we tell you that your libel actions left, right and centre are looking very off-putting? Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Bono and Paul Weller Sting and the Gallaghers, Damon Albarn and Joe Strummer, John Lydon and Bryan Ferry, Boy George and Amy Winehouse all received at some point in their career some..."

READ THE REST on Birmingham's own Hagley Road to Ladywood: http://www.mymarilyn.blogspot.com/ [blogspot.com]

"...I confirm everything my Friend, the Claimant's solicitor has said..."

The Lawyers/Liars never cease to be chummy with each other - always looking out for themselves and rarely protecting the interests of ordinary chavs like you, me and Mr. Morrissey (well, ermh at the very least he's a jumped up chav)!

Morrissey has arrived at a point in his life wherein he understands that it's only a matter of time before they all come crawling on their knees. They turned him down so many years ago. "And you think you've won, but sorrow will come, to you in the end, and as sure as my words are pure, I praise the day that brings you pain"- Morrissey.

Bravo Morrissey, Bravo!!
                                                                                      LOZ

Mr. Morrissey won't go to court.
    He's gone to the National Front Disco.....

I don't understand very well, but from reading the notes at the TTY website, the record was withdrawn after the Defendants apologized.

With my laywoman's knowledge, doesn't that mean that there was actually no ruling at all?

"Victory" then simply means that Word apologized to Morrissey for apparently allowing readers to construct the reading according to which Morrissey was a racist and a hypocrite, whilst admitting they never wanted to say that.

Strange apology, if you ask me.

And then I don't see how that would mean a "court victory", i.e. a ruling in favour of Morrissey by a court of law. As far as I can see, there was no ruling, as the case was withdrawn.

But then ... what do I know.

Now that is surprising.

Well "that"was nice...:)

Congratulations to you Mr Morrissey.:)

A tip off the Hat to you!

Analysis of why they backed down by someone who knows what they are talking about. Something for all you legal pontificators to take on board: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/04/medial aw.pressandpublishing [guardian.co.uk]

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/49720-m orrissey-wins-apology-from-iwordi-mag-in-libel-sui t

So happy to hear that the apology has finally occurred. Best of luck with NME. Cheers!

All the big Online newspapers also says about Morrissey getting apologies from Word and the case about NME. Here is the link (in portuguese, of course). This shows the great importance of Morrissey here in Brasil, altough he came on tour just once....

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90 u388730.shtml

http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/0,,MUL387179-7 085,00.html

He gets insulted by someone calling him a racist and hypocrite.

Grow up you fuckin nancy!

its about time that rag had its credibility officially drasgged through mud for all to see...and its not just cos of the racism thing, the thing truly is toilet paper anyway! Jesus Im only twenty and the things aimed at me, and I cant stand it...it just frstrates me seeing it on the shelves!

I didn't agree with or like all of David Quantick's review of Morrissey pointless "greatest hits" CD. But I find it absolutely laughable that David Quantick's opinion is something someone can sue over and actually get a back-boneless magazine to issue an apology over. Only in the UK, I guess, where the press is scared shitless of saying an offending word about celebrities and/or powerful people. A lot of people do think Morrissey is a hypocrite, and a case can be made to argue it on all kinds of fronts. A lot of people do think Morrissey's views on immigration stem from racist feelings. Whether they are right or wrong on that, it's up to the reader to decide. Why silence people? Morrissey should be a man and state his views on immigration more clearly, and let people decide. Enough of the threats of lawsuits from this ridiculous celebrity. I think Morrissey won nothing here and Word magazine looks like a bunch of assclowns who buckle at the first letter from a lawyer. Fuck, David Tseng has more balls to stand up for freedom of speech than they do.

I find it chilling to digest the fact that David Quantick cannot write his opinions in a review in a magazine without Morrissey's lawyers bullying the magazine into apologies. The review was written under Quantick's name. If he no longer stands behind his opinions, let him say so. His opinions in that review cannot be objectively "proven" true or false -- it's up to the reader to decide. DUH! If the magazine does not feel Quantick's opinions were worth publishing, why did they publish them? This magazine has no nutsack, and it's more evidence that freedom of speech is no longer alive and well in the United Kingdom. Some of us have known that for a long time.

It's here: http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showpost.php?p=78 3644&postcount=50

There's not a sentence in it that an American magazine would apologize for having published, and a lawsuit would get laughed out of court.

Morrissey should be ashamed of himself. Sadly, he never will be.

BTW, since some of you think the outcomes of every legal action in the UK are so infalliably correct, I guess we have to put all the more stock in the courts having found Morrissey to be some kind of snake who swindled Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke out of assloads of money he owed 'em. What a crooked bastard. Declared definitively for all to see by the the courts of England.

Now fuck off.

I have contacted his publisher inquiring if they can provide any insight on why he chauffeur's people to the gig of a well known racist.
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