I acknowledge receipt of your complaint received on 10 September 2012.
At this stage it appears that we will not be able to consider your complaint because Sky News is not a member of the Press Council. In addition, the content of the articles on its website are reflections of the stories they have broadcasted on the channel and accordingly are not classified as content within the scope of the Press Council. As such if you wish to pursue the matter further, I would recommend you contact the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
If you wish to provide any further information which indicates that we should reconsider this conclusion, it will need to reach us by no later than 17 September 2012.
Response: "Many thanks for your response and information. I shall contact the Australian Communications and Media Authority."
Text of Email from Press Council:
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 3:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re. Your complaint
Dear Ms Johnstone,
I acknowledge receipt of your complaint received on 10 September 2012.
At this stage it appears that we will not be able to consider your complaint because Sky News is not a member of the Press Council. In addition, the content of the articles on its website are reflections of the stories they have broadcasted on the channel and accordingly are not classified as content within the scope of the Press Council. As such if you wish to pursue the matter further, I would recommend you contact the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
If you wish to provide any further information which indicates that we should reconsider this conclusion, it will need to reach us by no later than 17 September 2012.
Yours sincerely,
Alicia Sammy
Complaints and Communications Officer
The Australian Press Council Inc
Suite 10.02, 117 York Street
Sydney 2000
p: 02 9261 1930
f: 02 9267 6826
e: [email protected]
w: www.presscouncil.org.au
Response to Press Council:
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 10:11 AM
To: 'Complaints'
Subject: RE: Re. Your complaint
Dear Ms. Sammy,
Many thanks for your response and information. I shall contact the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Many thanks
Lara Johnstone