The royal phone prank may have been poorly executed, but the witch hunt ensuing from the death of one of the parties shouldn’t be the basis for further media regulation. Hard cases make for bad law.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
A curious balance: how Jones and 2GB snowed ACMA
Alan Jones will get a fact-checker in an agreement between his station 2GB and the media regulator. But will that make any difference to how he operates?
READ MOREWhy ACMA had no choice on Nine propaganda
ACMA’s inability to find a breach by Nine on pokies reflects not weakness but the problem of black-letter regulation.
READ MOREACMA squibs again: how Nine got away with pokie propaganda
The one agency of media regulation in this country with genuine powers seems determined not to use them. David Salter examines its latest finding against the Nine Network.
READ MORESandilands and the ‘fat slag’ — vitriol, but not incitement
ACMA is proposing an additional condition on 2DAY-FM’s broadcast licence … Another slap with a wet lettuce from our lofty regulator of the electronic media, writes David Salter, veteran journalist and former Media Watch executive producer.
READ MOREYou can’t have it both ways on media complaints
You can have timeliness or independence when it comes to media complaints, but it’s hard to have both.
READ MORETrapped in the overlap: Southern Cross Austereo takes on ACMA
A media company is taking ACMA to court to stop the forced sale of radio stations. But gaming the media ownership laws is no longer as easy as it once was.
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