In today’s Media Briefs: Times editor: “We should have covered hacking harder, earlier” … Today Tonight in court over hire-car story … Google to protest against anti-piracy law on its home page and more …
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Commercial TV groaning under weight of email complaints system
The first full year of the new email-based complaint-making process has seen an explosion on moans and groans and worse from viewers.
Bye George (Negus), it wasn’t that bad, just not enough viewers
6:30 with George Negus died a slow death by viewer indifference. Negus, however, said that at least Ten had a go and the product he fronted most nights wasn’t that bad.
Media briefs: Tele beat-up … Murdoch recalled … News Corp’s lawsuit woes …
In today’s Media Briefs: MPs recall James Murdoch over phone-hacking evidence … News Corp. shareholders say phone-hacking is only latest impropriety … Sneaky Seven: Macca’s ad breaches programming rules and more …
Media briefs: Osama and the media … Easdown quits Hun … Mercury keeps its subs …
In today’s Media Briefs: Logies or Osama? … Who got him? … September 11 2011 … Google’s Osama Bingle and more ….
Media briefs: FOI on ABC News 24 … Delightful Dubai junket …
Today Tonight last night ran a suck piece on a rich horse race in Dubai and disclosed it was carried there by Emirates Airlines, so that’s why it didn’t mention any of the financial issues currently plaguing Dubai. Plus, other media news.
Digital media convergence: where legal and ethical lines blur, too
Once upon a time reporters gained stories through their contacts, by wearing out shoe leather or burning up the telephone lines. These days, they are just as likely to suck the content off social media, which blurs regulatory and ethical lines.
Simons: TV ratings war … just who is bullying whom?
So two TV channels seriously pretend that they have some kind of moral standing in this bullying debate. In fact, it’s child abuse.
You blur their faces but give their names
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. The current affairs shows are the real bullies here, writes Jeremy Sear.
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley goes to… current affairs Houso’s war
An uncensored, taxpayer-funded TV show about housing commissions. By gee, if that’s not a recipe for tabloid TV gold, then nothing is.
My visit to the world of Today Tonight
Tony Wilson tells of that fateful day that he was interviewed for Today Tonight. The storm raging outside should have served as a warning. Regardless, it’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at current affairs TV.
Wankley Awards: The Wankley Award goes to… The Daily Tele’s Paul ‘flogger’ Kent
Leave Matthew Newton alone. That’s exactly what the media should be doing right now.
Want to invest? Beware the Today Tonight Effect indicator
While indicators such as relative strength or dividend yield or Elliott Waves are sometimes used to forecast where the sharemarket may be heading, there are other, perhaps less-conventional means of gauging whether equities are over or under-priced.
Which current affairs shows actually talk about current affairs?
A Current Affair and Today Tonight may brand themselves as the two big national current affairs programs, but when it comes to discussing real news, The 7pm Project wins hands down.
Wankley Awards: Gerry Harvey, the master salesman
Tabloid TV is in bed with Gerry Harvey, the affable billionaire who can self-interestedly rattle off at length on anything to do with furniture at very low prices. Like bedding bargains in his own store!
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: our Haiti embarrassment
Kevin Rudd sent half a dozen RAAF air traffic controllers to help out at Haiti. Pity they are still in Miami in the US … um … training. And Today Tonight’s host hates a story, but no one cares.
Expansive James Packer goes the full half hour
The man who used to like two-minute chairman addresses went on for half-an-hour at yesterday’s Crown AGM, boasting of PBL’s recent performance and making some pre-emptive attacks against the anti-pokies lobby.
Interest rates: the local waitress put in her two bob’s worth
The house price gravy train has arrived again at the station, and off we go towards higher interest rates and a greater lack of social equity.
CASA, Qantas and the documents they don’t want you to see
CASA is confident about Qantas safety, but if that’s the case, show us the documents.
You Liar: never charged, but “suspected murderer” Sands loses defamation case
An extraordinary five year defamation case, involving a TV station, a radio network, a federal MP and a press photographer, ended yesterday when the court ruled in favour of the media organisations.
