I was pleasantly surprised this evening watching Ten News +. There was an interview with the Vic opposition leader Brad Battin, and a discussion on the Melbourne crime wave and VIC Labor also ahead in the polls. Then there was a segment on Trump and Albo’s meeting.
It was the on a par with the ABC, in terms of topics covered and quality of journalism.
There is demand for more serious / harder news, and it was good to see.
Except, there isn’t. It doesn’t rate, therefore, no demand.
It does rate. Look at ABC News channel.
It doesn’t. And this is the 10News+ thread. Which does not rate. At all.
Not having a go or anything, text can sometimes be a bit aggressive. But look at what about News 24? Its a rolling news channel, but not a high rating one (unless there’s event reporting)
I’ll fact check you here.
It’s not a rolling news channel 24/7. There is in-depth interviews and a focus on key stories, especially Afternoon briefing at 4pm and The World at 9pm.
It’s also the highest rating multi channel.
Sorry?
It’s beaten by ABC Kids, Mate, Two, Gem, Go, comedy, drama and in regional areas Sky News doubles it
Fact check. Gecko is routinely the highest rated multichannel.
But that’s still news?
Just a reminder everyone that this is 10News+ thread
But it’s not rolling news, it’s in depth news including interviews with political leaders and experts on different topics, to delve deeper into the issues. There’s a big difference.
I would argue it’s a rolling news format mostly.
rolling news formats still have longer form interviews - but ABC News is hardly Sky, CNN Fox or MSNBC with appointment programming
You know a show is going really well when the Media Spy thread can’t even stay on topic about it
Bit either way you want to classify it, it still doesn’t explain what you meant by your comparrison to 10 News +, by saying, “look at ABC News”.
My original comment was look at what about it?
Do i need to tap the sign again??
10 News+ needs to cover the stories that matter and offer an in-depth investigation where appropriate. They need to avoid the fluff and give a genuine alternative.
One good example of a current story is Trumps demand that the US DOJ pay him $230 million for past investigations. Another is the Russia-Ukraine and the international position of US vs the rest of the world.
If 10 News× can’t deliver then it should be cut back to a half hour straight national news bulletin and move the format to another slot. Maybe even drop the late news and make News+ a modern day Newsworld
That’s exactly what I’ve been saying. Ten News+ needs to focus on the real news. Leave the fluff to 5-6pm and the others.
And as people have been telling you, viewers don’t want it.
The sad fact is more viewers wanted the lighter format that The Project was offering, but all 10 execs kept hearing was that it was too woke and sending them broke. So they swapped it out for something different and most viewers stopped watching.
