Australian media fined A$1.1m over trial reports

Friday, 4 June 2021Newsdesk

A court has fined 12 Australian media groups a total of A$1.1m (£600,000; $840,000) for their coverage of Cardinal George Pell's now-overturned conviction in a sexual abuse case.

New Delhi, 4 June 2021

As per news report of BBC, the outlets admitted to breaching a legal order in 2018, which banned them from reporting the verdict at the time. A judge rejected arguments that their news reports - which didn't name Pell - were in the public interest. Some of Australia's biggest media groups are among those fined. This includes Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which was fined about A$430,000, for its reports on its news.com.au site, The Daily Telegraph and other newspapers. Nine Entertainment - which publishes The Age newspaper and owns Channel Nine - was fined over A$600,000 for its stories.

Source -bbc.com