29-05-2023, 05:45 PM
(29-05-2023, 02:25 PM)Studio7 Wrote: Today it was announced that long-serving Australian breakfast show host David Koch is to step down from his job presenting Channel 7's Sunrise, after 21 years. A similar story to Pip Schofield, perhaps, except Kochie (as he's known) isn't leaving under a cloud. I thought I'd see if the ABC were giving that story the prominence that BBC News gave Schofield. No mention at all on their news channel, and it's way down the website's homepage. And the ABC's news channel is domestically-focused!One was a somewhat expected departure, comparable perhaps to Ken Bruce leaving Radio 2 which I think was live blogged as well, though didn't lead bulletins.
Obviously reporting on him leaving/being let go by ITV is worth doing, given what transpired about his behaviour. But a live blog of the first This Morning after? Reporting on his Instagram story? Talk silly! I don't think even ITV News at their tabloid-worst in 2007 would have gone that far.
Personally media news is very high on the agenda in terms of categories of news I'm interested and this is without doubt the biggest media story in years with a nice bit of juicy scandal on the side.