Seven fails in legal bid to stop media watchdog from revealing breaches in three broadcasts

Tim Burrowes

June 26, 2014 1:10

Seven has failed in a legal bid to block the media watchdog from finding the network breached TV’s code of practice in three separate cases.

Seven went to court in an attempt to stop the Australian Communications and Media Authority from publishing its rulings on two Sunday Night stories and one from Today Tonight.

In one case, Seven’s Sunday Night accused the Australian owners of a ship of “cowardice” and “murder” for failing to attempt a rescue of people stuck on a mobile oil platform during a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.

In another, Today Tonight was unfairly critical of a clinic in how it conducted a skin treatment .

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Tim Burrowes

I write about the world's media and marketing industry from an Australian perspective Australian lens. I've worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia. I founded Mumbrella, which we sold in 2017.