Herald Sun and Advertiser fall foul of press watchdog most often so far in 2012

Tim Burrowes

July 1, 2012 4:03

Two News Limited titles – the Herald Sun in Victoria and The Advertiser in SA – had the most complaints upheld against them during the first half of 2012, analysis of published rulings from the Australian Press Council suggests.

Both titles has three complaints upheld by the APC.

News Limited’s NSW masthead the Telegraph also had three findings against it – although that was split across two for the Daily Telegraph and one for the Sunday Telegraph.

In total, the APC has published 16 adverse findings against publications so far this year. Of those, 11 were News Limited titles, three were Fairfax Media and two were independent. The proportion of complaints broadly reflects the percentage ownership of the two media groups.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.