I dunno why they dumped Bill. This certainly is no better.
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Itās a bit like when mum went shopping and brought home Pauls vanilla ice cream instead of Streets because Woolies were selling it a bit cheaper. Neither are particularly memorable or outstanding newsreaders itās just that Bill has greater name recognition and was a bit more expensive.
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Rick doing 4pm news in perth today
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Gosh its hard to watch 7 News Perth with all those new reporters 
Combine with Thommo unwatchable on 9 News - whatās a news junkie to do?? 
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Watch Nerelda?
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I think he means what news to watch at 6 if both 9 and 7 are unbearable
my answer would be ABC News
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Obviously I know that.
If ABC at 7 is your answer, then Ten at 5 is mine.
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That wasnāt my point. My point being
5pm TEN
6pm ABC News: Evenings
6:30 SBS World News
7pm ABC News: WA
Those new reporters have all been at 7 for over a year
Well aware of that. Doesnāt mean they are (getting) any good.
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As I have said before on here, its Chris Meldrum and Joey Catanzaro who definitely need some work.
On another note, Seven Perth Reporter Jessica Page is reporting nationally from the Canberra Bureau this week.
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I Totally agree with you on Chris Meldrum,Iām not sure if more work will help him
Basil Zempilas is presenting 4.pm news today
Not sure if baz has presented news before
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Why are they trying to convert Basil over from sport to news? Just no!! He should stay in the sports area, I canāt take him seriously in these news roles.
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Who cares? If he does a decent job then thereās nothing wrong with doing both news and sports. Many newsreaders around Australia are very versatile and can adapt to both (Matt White instantly comes into mind).
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Then thereās also Tim Webster, Geoff Phillips and even Bill McDonald were all once sport casters
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Donāt forget Peter Overton.
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Bill Woods, Brad McEwan, Peter Overton (As TFTV mentioned) have also all presented sports and news before.
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And while we are at it lol, Michael Thomson
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Of course there are also plenty of talented weather presenters (not necessarily meteorologists) who are also very versatile and can also present news.
Just saying, people who read the news doesnāt have to necessarily be solely from a news background. A lot of great anchors came from different background in journalism or media (the late Brian Naylor who used to present on Seven also presented kids shows on the network, and Jessica Rowe who used to present news on Weekend Sunrise and at Ten News was originally a receptionist).
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