Fine for the 4pm news to be presented from the MCG but for the 6pm bulletin it is not really fully appropriate for it to be presented fully from there. They could’ve had Bec or Mike present from the MCG and throw back to Mitch for the rest of the day’s news.
It’s more about wanting Seven to keep getting better if they want to in the long run, be able to compete and win against Nine News on the east coast. They could do so much more to be competitive yet they sometimes make questionable decisions on certain aspects of the bulletins.
It’s fitting for Warne’s memorial but other than that reading stories about Ukraine and floods from the MCG isn’t exactly the most compatible match. Just my two cents.
1 in 8 people around the world watched Shane Warne’s memorial last night - that’s huge. I think that figure alone justifies broadcasting the 6pm bulletin from the MCG to provide the lead-in to a memorial that has been embraced by the entire world.
To be honest, I really think that figure is an exaggeration…
Judging by the TV Ratings, about 1.5 million Australian metro viewers watched it, that’s only about 1 in 10… factor in countries like China and the USA who wouldn’t even really know what cricket is, and the relative figure can only go down from there.
So can you explain to me the benefits of broadcasting from there?
Are you trying to say it contributed to the actual figures of the memorial?
No hypocrisy. Sevens was a dogs breakfast.
Nines 4pm news didn’t have split anchors. Main anchor on site inside the mcg with another presenter back in the studio to present a couple of stories, which is what Seven did for 6pm. It was disjointed and messy as you have other crime stories being presented from a stadium grandstand, but the Ukraine conflict has to be presented from the studio? Plus you then have reporters scattered around the grounds of the stadium… It made no sense and don’t get me started on Mitch’s inability and awkwardness when he isn’t behind a desk…
The way Nine did it was appropriate. The full bulletin was done from the studio and only Memorial coverage was done from the MCG with TJ and Alicia. It was classy and well executed.
Doing anything other than that was trying to capitalise on a memorial service for a networks PR and benefit almost disrespectful IMO
Seven were milking the cow for their own benefit and it was poorly executed. The fact they ran it second in rundown tonight as a recap as well again shows this.
Plus all of South America, Mexico, much of Africa, most of Europe etc. That figure of one in eight is a joke. The Age wrote a story about it yesterday totally debunking the claim.
I think the best you could say was that the coverage was available to watch for 1 in 8 people across the world. Patently ridiculous that they actually watched it when 1 in 8 Australians didn’t and it was on 8 or so channels here.
Agree that the way Seven did the split bulletin was bizarre considering they kept going back-and-forth between the MCG and the studio for not just the two stories Mike Amor did (which was odd in itself) but for the sport and weather too.
However, it is hypocrisy for it to be an issue for one network to present a bulletin from the site of a state memorial service but it’s not for another network to do the same thing for one of their bulletins on the same day.
If Seven did the same as Nine (ala Mitch presenting the rest of the day’s bulletin in studio whilst Bec or Mike was live from MCG for coverage on the memorial) then yes it would be hypocritical to say that Seven is bad whilst Nine is good (though Nine fans will argue this regardless). But at the end of the day, Seven’s execution wasn’t great and was very disjointed in comparison to the simpler, straightforward approach from Nine.
Interesting. I thought early news was presented from the old shoebox ACA set. Maybe they just also had the backdrop up there for some reason at the same time? I didn’t watch this morning but if the background was on a singular screen, it wouldn’t have come from there.
