Rival network ridicules Channel Seven sting on Delhi security

Australian network ABC TV's Media Watch has dismissed as "laughable" a Channel Seven sting operation on the security lapses in Delhi ahead of the Commonwealth Games and the two rival networks are now set for a legal showdown on the matter.

In a sting operation, Seven Network reporter Mike Duffy was shown passing through unchecked at a security post in one of the CWG venues with a detonation unit in his suitcase but ABC said the report was a "shocking beat-up".

"Well, laughable is how I'd describe Duffy's report. Except that it's far more serious, because so many people round the world believed he was fair dinkum," Media Watch host Paul Barry said while analysing the report.

A furious Duffy hit back saying that he would be suing ABC TV's Media Watch for defamation.

In his analysis of Duffy's report, Barry said, "his suitcase was empty anyway when he walked into the stadium area that was not yet in lockdown."

Barry was dismissive of the threat of a lawsuit from the Seven network.

"I'd be very surprised if they take action, but if they do I'll be happy to see them in court," he told 'The Australian'.