Of course people are entitled to a difference of opinion. But rather than Michael Thompson, I’d probably say the Peters of both Sydney & Melbourne have to be the best newsreaders Nine currently has on their books.
Well liked/respected amongst viewers and the industry - among employees of rival media organisations let alone colleagues at Nine. Peter Overton has even been promotionally endorsed by Brian Henderson (him saying “I Respect Pete. A Lot.” a couple of years ago has to be one of the best quotes from a Sydney TV news promo during the last two decades) and if he were still alive today, it’s likely that Brian Naylor would’ve done something similar for Peter Hitchener.
On the other end of the scale, I’d probably have to say that Andrew Lofthouse is one of my least favourite Nine News presenters these days. He was fine at the ABC and even the first few years at Nine, but essentially shouts you the headlines these days! 