That’s not such a bad idea but then you have situations like what happens with things like some media outlets coverage around events like the Melbourne Comedy Festival, etc., where you have random journos who’ve never set foot at an event like that ever in their life and have no background on it offering half-baked reviews but are grateful for the free ticket to attend. I’m not saying that you need to have a PhD to review a comedy festival gig but there will obviously be some arts events where specialised knowledge is required. Although I see in the ABC operations thread that ABC has responded to criticism over changes to its arts reporting.
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