Category Archives: Media

Another Channel Ten F1 Fail

Hot on the heels of Network Ten’s latest shafting of Australian Formula One fans, comes another F1 fail from the network. Here’s a screen capture of the EPG for tonight’s coverage of the Bahrain Grand Prix: …which reads: “At the 2012 Formula One, fans will get to see all of the action, excitement and drama [...]

Herald Sun Too Weak To Admit Screw Up

Much hilarity ensued tonight when the Herald Sun apparently “inadvertently” revealed the winner of the Gold Logie award. At 11:40pm, they released a statement: Technical Glitch Reveals Winner “At no time did the Herald Sun publish the name of the winner on its website, iPad app or in Twitter.” Oh really? What about this screen [...]

Future News!

Found this this morning on the Herald Sun website. That’s this morning, Monday April the 2nd, 2012: April 3rd? Why can’t they do this with the Tattslotto numbers?

And The Media Think Journalism Is Doing Okay?

In September last year, the Australian Federal Government announced its Independent Media Inquiry, appointing former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, Ray Finkelstein QC to carry out the review. The results of the inquiry were reported recently, and have been controversial to say the least. While the review was not designed to address the [...]

National News Program Spreading Racist Jokes?

The Project, the lighter news program broadcast six nights a week on Network Ten in Australia has gone through a number of changes of format and timeslot since its inception. It has defied this instability – (usually a recipe for alienating fans) – and continues to improve its ratings position. But it isn’t all improvement, [...]

Photo Cropping Fail

Loving the photo cropping fail currently currently on display on the Geelong Advertiser website: The caption reads: “Harry Taylor at Geelong training yesterday.” Harry must be a dentist now, because we can’t show you his face.

Metro Trains Melbourne: Live from 1995!

Melbourne’s suburban train operator Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) has copped a lot of flack in recent days over its decision to drop sending service updates on Twitter for anything other than “major delays” – which they are defining as “20 or more minutes”. They are telling customers to “regularly check their website” for details of [...]

Idea: Show Current Affairs on Current Affairs Shows

It really irks me that the two leading current affairs programs in Australia – Nine’s A Current Affair (ACA), and Seven’s Today Tonight (TT) – never seem to actually show any actual current affairs stories. They generally show what often don’t seem like much more than paid advertorials. Incidentally, these two programs finished fifth and [...]