Just silly really.
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This must be why they mean by "look live’ - but neither is 
As seen simultaneously in Sydney and Brisbane.
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7, 9 and US stations all heavily use live cross. So it most be a cost effective way to fill air time. Having editors write cut edit a story also costs money. I think live cross is a reasonably cost effective way to fill news time
Does the 7News Flash title cards still use the old GFX package?
How does the V/O “around the world in 80 seconds”
Don’t usually see Seven News Syd do this but did anyone else watch Fergo and Ange correct and apologise for mis-identifying someone in a report in past bulletins, just before the first break and after the weather preview? Haven’t caught up on this weeks Media Watch so perhaps I’m missing something…
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Happened in Melbourne too… was very surprised. Wonder if it was a litigation situation where they had to apologise in air.
And in Adelaide as well.
Nothing on Media Watch either in the past few weeks - sounds like someone stuffed up and the innocent person had a good case.
It must have been a national report broadcast early this month. Both Sydney and Melbourne issued an on air apology tonight.
I would say Media Watch might pick it up next week… but ideally Seven has admitted fault and admitted to the mistake. I would say legally they had to do it.
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Same done in Perth.
Anyone know if Brisbane did it then?
Same thing at Midday.
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Between May 7 and May 11, 2026, 7NEWS published a series of news broadcasts on television and our websites, as well as social media posts, about Kawsar Abbas, also referred to as Kawsar Ahmad.
A photo of Fatma Mallouk was mistakenly used in those publications.
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Any caps of the apology across the markets?
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