Daily Mail and its ilk often write statements like "Twitter users were outraged after reports that Mr Celebrity X shoved a hamster up his arse". They don't say

Daily Mail and its ilk often write statements like "Twitter users were outraged after reports that Mr Celebrity X shoved a hamster up his arse". They don't say Mr Celebrity X actually did it, just that Twitter users were outraged over reports that he had done so. I'm sure there's a legal distinction in there that means they're still in the wrong, but I don't know how the consequences differ.