Naming and shaming the media takes too long

Tim Burrowes

December 1, 2009 5:46

“Thanks to the constraints of its legislation and the unwieldiness of administrative law, ACMA is not exactly a nimble institution. It has taken a massive TWO YEARS between broadcast and redress. In all that time, the Sudanese community has had to live with the impact of inaccurate and unfair reporting. Surely there must be a better way?”

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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.

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