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  • A current affair gets pwned for dodgy journalism

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    Pirate
    Posted on 16-03-2010 01:39 PM
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    Award-winning plastic surgeon Peter Anthony Haertsch has been awarded $267,919 in damages for being defamed in Channel 9 news program about a Gold Coast meter maid's botched boob job.

    The acclaimed Sydney surgeon and burns specialist, who was awarded an Order of Australia for his work with the Bali bombing victims, says he was "absolutely humiliated" by the segment, aired on A Current Affair on August 1, 2008.

    Mr Haertsch took action against journalist Kate Donnison and Nine, accusing them of defaming him and manipulating his interview to make him out to be a "monster" or "Dr Death" in the report about a breast enlargement gone wrong.

    In the report, meter maid Andrea Chia described her stitches bursting before the implants began falling out, ending her career.
    What only $267,919 for being humiliated on national TV? Lucky no one said nasty things about him on the internet or ACA would be up for millions!

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    1. bazzatron's Avatar
      bazzatron - 16-03-2010, 02:50 PM
      I would want her anywhere near my meter:
      http://resources2.news.com.au/images...-em-bigger.jpg
    1. ACEwoK's Avatar
      ACEwoK - 16-03-2010, 02:54 PM
      Shame more people don't sue ACA. they give a new definition to "gutter journalism"
    1. damo's Avatar
      damo - 16-03-2010, 04:38 PM
      Did the settlement include an on air apology from ACA? If not then no one who saw the story will ever know it bullshit.

      I'm curious to know what advice she ignored? Not enough healing time? Wanted to go too big?
    1. kerb's Avatar
      kerb - 16-03-2010, 07:30 PM
      In the report, meter maid Andrea Chia described her stitches bursting before the implants began falling out, ending her career.
      Could you really call a job as a meter maid a "career"?
    1. Scythe's Avatar
      Scythe - 17-03-2010, 10:03 AM
      As if this will have any impact on their ratings whatsoever. The people who watch these shows do it to be titillated, reassured and to feel self-righteous. Reality has nothing to do with any of it.