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Sinking ship comment sunk

February 13, 2012 – 10:02 am

Mumbrella was the first to notice that Channel Nine’s twitter news feed posted, then removed some critical comments about the network by former presenter Kerri Anne Kennerley. But it wasn’t just their twitter feed that had a little hiccough over the weekend. But following the link…. Oh well, I’m sure that no-one was interested in [...]

By Dave Gaukroger | Comments (1)

Warning: this footage of a person being obliterated may not disturb some viewers

January 9, 2012 – 8:00 am

When a television program – particularly one broadcast in prime time when younger viewers may well be watching – is about to show a real person being killed, they’ll usually give a little warning. Something like “and a warning: this footage may be disturbing for some viewers”. Not Channel Nine’s Sixty Minutes, not when rebroadcasting [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Also posted in Posted | Comments (58)

Nine caught instructing commentators to run pro-pokies commentary and pretend it’s their own

October 4, 2011 – 10:07 am

After viewers of the NRL Grand Final on the weekend complained about Channel Nine’s football commentary sounding more like a political advertisement for the pokies industry (complete with onscreen link to a Clubs Australia propaganda site, but without the formal “authorised by” disclaimer), Nine responded with denials, as reported by last night’s Media Watch: The [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Also posted in Posted | Comments (8)

You blur their faces but give their names

March 23, 2011 – 8:13 am

Two schoolkids – one 12 years old, the other 15 – have been shamelessly used by the national media this week as ratings fodder, after a schoolyard fight was filmed and uploaded to the internet. In the video, the younger one punches the older one, and in return the older one “body-slams” the younger one [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Also posted in Channel Seven, News Ltd. | Comments (24)

Off by a factor of ten

August 1, 2009 – 8:11 pm

Quick note to NineMSN: 4,000 people in Melbourne (8,000 nationally) rallying for marriage equality on a grey, rainy day is not “hundreds”. It’s thousands. The Herald Sun also massively underestimated the number of protesters before later updating the figure – but at least they didn’t describe 4,000 as “hundreds” in the same report. And the [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Comments (29)

The Gordon Ramsay media circus

June 12, 2009 – 7:50 am

This photograph to me sums up the whole Gordon Ramsay/ Tracy Grimshaw “controversy”: Ramsay and the media all running around pretending to chase each other, everyone having a good time. More than one commentator has suggested that the whole thing smacks of confected outrage in a cynical attempt to promote Ramsay and his programs on [...]

By Scott Bridges | Also posted in Journalism | Comments (32)