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Channel Nine’s Today show breaches commercial disclosure rules
TCN Channel Nine (Nine) has breached broadcasting rules for failing to disclose a commercial arrangement with McDonald’s behind a segment on its Today program aired in October 2020.
Over the course of the program the Today show presenters discussed a new McDonald’s product line and presented the range on-camera.
An Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation found Nine did not satisfactorily bring to viewers’ attention that it had a commercial arrangement with McDonald’s to endorse the products, as required under the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice.
Nine has breached broadcasting rules for failing to disclose a commercial arrangement with McDonald’s and the
Today show.
An episode which aired in October 2020 saw the hosts discuss a new McDonald’s product line and presented the range on-camera.
[Allison Langdon]: It’s chicken parmi in a burger.
[Allison Langdon – pointing to the burger in front of Karl Stefanovic]: … That’s his apology.
[Karl Stefanovic – picking up a newspaper]: I was reading about this today right. This is Macca’s new chicken menu.
[Karl Stefanovic – to Allison Langdon]: You got. How did you do that? You organised that. I’m getting so emotional.
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Footage of attack breaches privacy and distress rules
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that Queensland Television (Nine Network) and Channel Seven Brisbane breached broadcast rules in reports about a violent attack on a taxi driver.
Separate investigations into 7News Gold Coast and Gold Coast Nine news reports found that the stations aired footage of the violent attack without adequately concealing the victim’s identity or obtaining their consent. They failed to adequately protect the victim’s privacy and did not exercise sufficient sensitivity when broadcasting images of a person who had survived a traumatic experience.
ACMA rules attack footage aired by Seven & Nine breached privacy rules
April 30, 2021 11:12
Footage aired in separate reports into a violent attack on a taxi driver by Nine’s Queensland Television and Channel Seven Brisbane breached privacy and distress rules, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found.
After conducting separate investigations into the two stations, the ACMA ruled that they failed to protect the victim’s privacy. The ruling also criticised the stations for not exercising sensitivity when broadcasting images of the person who was attacked.
The Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice 2015 requires broadcasters to take adequate care when airing material of a distressing nature that invades a person’s privacy.
April 30th, 2021 By David Knox 1 commentFiled under: News,
Nine and Seven have been found in breach of the Industry Code of Practice after failing to protect the identity of a victim of an attack on a taxi driver.
Media watchdog the Australian Communications and Media Authority found that Queensland Television (Nine Network) and Channel Seven Brisbane breached broadcast rules in news reports in March 2020.
Separate investigations into
Seven News Gold Coast and Gold Coast
Nine News reports found that the stations aired footage of the violent attack without adequately concealing the victim’s identity or obtaining their consent. They failed to adequately protect the victim’s privacy and did not exercise sufficient sensitivity when broadcasting images of a person who had survived a traumatic experience.