James Valentine doing MediaBites today.
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Dylan Behan did Media Bites this week
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I haven’t been watching. Is Janine do we think the right choice for a permanent host?
She seems to have that smart arse attitude to stuff when it seems like there are lies or not right.
I don’t think she would be a bad replacement
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She has certainly made some waves this morning with the Tony Armstrong story last night.
I think she’s quite funny in the way that she calls the bullshit out. She does have a good personality for it I find her quite entertaining to watch the last couple of weeks
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In the old days, when the ABC had standards, you would never see anyone from ABC News or radio fill in on MW. There was always a firewall between MW and the rest of the organisation. Crazy the ABC now thinks it’s ok for Jez and Valentine to now fill in.
Janine is a perfect fit for the show. Not a creature of the ABC. And she’s very entertaining and funny.
Just wish the show would get more time and that media bites turns into something like BBC’s Newswatch to focus on ABC standards and accountability BBC Newswatch (Full Program - 31/3/23) [1080p50] (youtube.com)
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I think Janine has the required amount of gravitas for the role. She is authoritative but can do light hearted as well which can be a difficult combo.
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Jeremy was due to Paul Barry being injured in a crash only 2-3 days prior to the edition going to air - wasn’t enough time to find someone else and get them trained up with editorial standards, studios, etc.
Valentine only presents Media Bites, which is more of a light hearted short program, often looking at mistakes (i.e. incorrect dates & footage, etc), rather than substantial analysis of any kind.
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I so wish she could be the permanent host. Enough of old dudes trying to act smart in delivering some well-deserved criticism of the media (In fairness, Barry was the least worst out of the previous ones). Janine is fantastic, and her stint on Media Bites was quite good as well, not sure why they wouldn’t let her do it and let the comparatively predictable Valentine doing it.
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Possibly scheduling conflicts - either that, or they have something in mind for Valentine next year - he did present TV TV, so he at least has some experience with the genre.
When is Paul back?
Janine is only doing three weeks - so I guess he will either be back next week or the week after.
ABC stars Mark Willacy and Paul Barry in bathroom dispute over war crimes reporting
Two of the ABC’s biggest stars — Media Watch host Paul Barry and investigative journalist Mark Willacy — were involved in a bathroom confrontation after Barry had criticised Willacy’s reporting on war crimes on his show.
The incident, according to sources, occurred during a time of much internal drama at the public broadcaster, where Media Watch staff were feuding with members of the ABC Investigations team.
In December 2021, Media Watch called out a story by Willacy which alleged Australian soldiers executed an unarmed prisoner in Afghanistan.
It was after this segment went to air that Willacy and Barry found themselves in a bathroom disagreement, which a source at the public broadcaster said was “spoken about in the corridors.”