I've tried watching it for a few days this week, as I didn't have to do school morning drives. Then today, after watching it from about 6.20 to 7am, I switched over to Channel 7. The level of detail in both local and international news put the ABC show to shame.
On the downside, I then had to sit through uber-prat Mark Latham as a guest commentator with Jeff Kennet for a segment, and the show has been absolutely key in successfully promoting populist bad politicians from Pauline Hanson to Kevin Rudd. It has a lot to answer for in Australian politics.
While the hosts on the ABC show are pleasant enough, it just seems that despite having a 24 hour news channel, the ABC lets whoever it is who compiles their normal news not get into work until 9 am or something, because they really have poor coverage of actual news on the breakfast show.
I think Channel 9's breakfast TV is pretty bad too, but that's largely because I have never liked Karl Stefanovic (and never cared for Lisa Wilkinson either.) David Koch is pretty harmless, I think, although with him absent today, possibly I enjoy Sunrise more without him.
In other TV news news: sometimes I get to see the PBS Newshour on SBS at 1pm - it is really high quality news commentary, made cheaply but effectively.
Stan Grant on his evening show: the guy really bores me. A good voice, but he just tends to waffle on to fill up time.
I seem to have left no natural way to end this post. Let's try this:
Fin
5 comments:
no-one but no-one views morning TV
Except me, I suppose?
What's the harm in seeing some television news in the morning? I listen to Radio National while I shave and in the car.
Nah Fran Kelly is woeful.
I now listen to newsradion and then AM.
No TV
Don't get me started on Newsradio and how much time they spend on sport! Gawd, I reckon they fill about 1/4 of total airtime on updates, including on some of the most obscure international sporting fixtures.
It gives headlines every 15 minutes so I know what is important by the time I have had weetbix and coffee
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