The broadcast media regulator has handed down investigation reports into Sky News Australia which dismissed the overwhelming majority of complaints made by former prime minister, media activist and current US ambassador Kevin Rudd.
The former prime minister used a taxpayer-funded adviser to submit 80 complaints about ten episodes of Sky News Australia’s Outsiders program, which were broadcast between October and December 2021.
Mr Rudd recently conceded that he is unable to continue with his ‘Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission’ duties as he became Australian Ambassador to the United States, with a spokesperson telling SkyNews.com.
The ACMA’s 20,000-word Investigation Report, released today, upheld complaints relating to statements made about Vostok ice cores, heat pumps in the United Kingdom, the Great Barrier Reef and Japanese temperature data.
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