BBC Russian Service
There is also no need for the perpetrator of the comment to actually believe in it as in court the comment will be measured according to an "objective" test. In "Telnikoff v Matusevitch" (1992), Telnikoff wrote an article in "The Daily Telegraph" criticising the BBC Russian Service for over-recruiting people from ethnic minority groups. Matusevitch replied accusing the claimant of being a racist. The House of Lords held that he had to show that the comment was based around the article, which would make it fair comment as it was possible most people would not know why he was making such a statement.