Seven New Brisbane beat Nine News to the punch on Tuesday with the verdict in the case of former Bundaberg surgeon Jayant Patel’s manslaughter case.
Seven crossed live to the verdict from Kim Skubris while Nine was in a commercial break. Nine is believed to have branded their report “First on Nine.”
This split screen photo shows Seven on the left reporting the news while Nine was keeping sponsors happy.
Patel, 60, was found guilty by a Brisbane Supreme Court jury on Tuesday of the manslaughter of Mervyn Morris, Gerardus Kemps and James Phillips as well as grievous bodily harm to Ian Vowles.
Patel is the first doctor in Queensland to be convicted for the manslaughter of a patient.
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