Like this, from 10 last night:
https://x.com/10NewsFirstMelb/status/1787742146805526938
The Premier doesn’t directly answer the second question, but the interview is wrapped with no follow up. It doesn’t achieve anything.
Channel 4 News is brilliant. But it’s a bit of a special case. The channel is kind of like the British SBS, whereas Channel 7 is obviously much more mainstream.
I’d love 7 to make their bulletin more like 4, especially as they both run for an hour, but I don’t know if that would rate? And you’re right… I don’t know how many of their anchors can interview anyway.
Essential same report on the vaccine aired on Seven’s 6pm news.
It’s really sad that posting content like this to stoke those who deny facts, science and helping their fellow humans to get views is so common.
Match made in heaven. Almost as if they’re identical twins.
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Channel 4 in the UK gets a lot more viewers than SBS does here and I am not sure if the UK has a direct comparable channel on free to air. I always wondered why it’s government owned when it is a very commercial operation as they also have the BBC as well. I don’t think Channel 4 receives any government funding at all unlike the SBS. They do have certain charters to keep however and the government did consider selling it, but if it goes like their water utilities over there it’s probably better it stay government owned.
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Channel 4 UK doesn’t receive any taxpayer money.
Anyone catch new opening shot in Melbourne?
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Oh. Ok. Don’t think I’ve seen a sweeping zoom like that before. But fair enough.
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Nothing about the multiple developments re Israel in the first 30 mins tonight?
It’s old news, people don’t want to hear about it, much like Ukraine. SO it gets pushed down the rundown.
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Ukraine did get a run last night. Everything I’ve seen suggests there is huge interest and engagement in Israel/gaza. Last night there was heaps to report; the invasion of Rafah, the humanitarian crisis that will result from the crossing being closed, US suspending weapons, Australia changing position on a Palestinian state, the geopolitical shifts from big players in the region, the student protests growing all over the world. There was even the pop culture & Eurovision angle that they could have run.
To not cover any of it, not even a one-liner in the international section, is bizarre.
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There was no mention here in Adelaide, although that could be due to the fact we only had a 38 minute bulletin due to AFL starting earlier (only 20 minutes of news, then 8ish minutes of sport, followed by puff piece and weather).
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100% agree. But commercial news (esp. down under) is very insular.
Thinking back to when this current war in Gaza started, on the day the first ceasefire protests took place in NZ… TVNZ led their news with a rugby match that was 12 hours away, and sent the presenter to an empty stadium. I wouldn’t mind but the match itself was held on another continent!
For international news your best bet is probably to watch ABC or the foreign channels. Al Jazeera and CNN are a good mix because they each sort of have opposite slants on the coverage, so you get a good cross-section of perspectives.
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4pm looked to be standard local editions.
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