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Free TV lashes out at ACMA for ‘flawed research’ over broadcast news commercial influence paper

March 11, 2020 10:28

Free-to-air (FTA) industry body Free TV has responded to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) discussion paper on the impartiality and commercial influence in broadcast news, slamming the “flawed research” used in the paper.

The authority “failed to put forward any evidence of a problem”, according to Free TV CEO Bridget Fair, and didn’t appropriately distinguish between sources of news.

Fair says the ACMA’s research was flawed and doesn’t display evidence of a problem in broadcast news reporting

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Hannah Blackiston was the deputy editor of Mumbrella. She worked with the company from March 2019 to November 2020.

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ACCC ACMA Australian Communications and Media Authority Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Bridget Fair Digital Platforms Inquiry free to air networks free to air television free TV
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