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

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.