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Nine News’ promotion of firearm story breached broadcast rules, says ACMA

March 16, 2020 9:52

Promotion of a Nine News story about firearms breached the Commercial Television Code of Practice 2015, according to an investigation by the industry watchdog.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has ruled that the story from May 2019 about the reclassification of semi-automatic weapons was promoted in a way which lead viewers to incorrectly assume information.

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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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