Comments on: Disaster Accountancy in the Media

By: Debt Settlement Program

Debt Settlement Program — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:43:25 +0000

charming post. due one unimportant where I quarrel with it. I am emailing you in detail.

By: BE

BE — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:57:53 +0000

Perhaps you and Mr Perigo could do a show together exposing ‘brain dead’ news;

Can’t see any reason why Lindsay and I shouldn’t do a show together. What’s interesting is that the television news – both channels but particularly TV One – is twice as ‘braindead’ now as when he coined that famous term.

By: BE

BE — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:54:45 +0000

We used to be ready for news at 6. Now after a few minutes, I switch to Prime to watch “Who wants to be a Millionaire?”

Right on, Ianmac. More to come on this topic soon.

By: Ianmac

Ianmac — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:44:15 +0000

We used to be ready for news at 6. Now after a few minutes, I switch to Prime to watch “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” Not just the questions but the focus on different personalities. All this because I can’t cope with the crime/accident diet, and yes that annoying cross to Jim or Sally or Mildred for a chance to add nothing to a non-story outside an empty place. A great situation for satire eh!

By: Russell

Russell — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:56:20 +0000

Perhaps you and Mr Perigo could do a show together exposing ‘brain dead’ news; i.e., if you two are talking :) Although, I can’t say which channel is worse – leaving the question: which one would play it? Just an idea.

By: BE

BE — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:34:59 +0000

Brian, I call it ’score board’ news broadcasting…

And there are lots of other reasons why TV news is ‘impossible to watch’. I’ll be looking at some of them over the next couple of weeks.

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:27:38 +0000

Brian, I call it ‘score board’ news broadcasting, other infuriating newsisms include: the over use of the word “scramble” as in “Authorities were left scrambling”, “Mums scrambled to pick up the kids”, scrambled this, scrambling to that! And the over the top live coverage of bugger all: “crossing live to reporter Bill Spleen head standing outside a closed school were everyone has gone home…Bill what’s going there”?
TV news is nearly impossible to watch!

By: BE

BE — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:55:00 +0000

I do hope you make some comment on the coverage of the Wetherston trial as well

This is not something I’ve given much thought to. Happy to hear your thoughts on it.

By: Tom Semmens

Tom Semmens — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:33:02 +0000

I do hope you make some comment on the coverage of the Wetherston trial as well, and if you believe the media has fufilled it’s end of the bargain when cameras were allowed into coutrooms.