Week 5

Week 5

ABC Media Report - “The Games and their coverage”
Date: 28th August 2008

Available here : http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2349325.htm#transcript

I Know I’ve already said it, but the Olympics really wasn’t that interesting for me.
This article said everthing I had suspected. So much that I don’t really need to add anything. It is doubtful that any spokesperson for channel seven would have been able to add anything.
Seven sucked. Their Olympic coverage sucked and Sonia Kruegger sucks.
It just gets me mad, I read somewhere recently that Bruce McAvenney was exempt from criticism on channel seven but I can’t agree with this. To many, he is the current face of sport coverage in Australia and surely any reliable source like that should be allowed to choose whether or not they were gonna commit themselves to something properly. Whilst it’s not his fault the Olympics on seven was half-assed he still should have just quit I reckon. Stuff it. Let’s be extreme here, why not? Seven can treat us like monkeys playing day old events and only 10 minutes of something before cutting to another 10 minutes of something else.

Just, makes me so damn mad. Look at this: http://blogs.watoday.com.au/yoursay/2008/08/channel_7s_olym.html

Fairfax media opened up an opinion poll to see what people thought of seven’s job. The ultimate line; it was crap. Although there are some die-hard mentals who actually thought it was good work, this is my favourite,

hi, thought the olympics coverage was great. repeating items is good for those who cannot stay up late, the sick, disabled, shiftworkers etc. you were in a COMMUNIST country, what do people expect? The journalists did work hard and i feel did not deserve a bickbat- rather a bouquet. good job channel 7. db.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAREYOUFRIGGINSERIOUS?!?!?!?!?!
A COMMUNIST COUNTRY?!?! IS TO BLAME?!?!? HAHAHAHA

The Australian lift out – “Standards watchdog should admit sex ad error “
Date: 28th August 2008

Available here : http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24252440-13243,00.html

This article was interesting. I had no idea this ad was so complained about it, it’s just words after all. But I guess if you can’t shield your children from it. The thing is, ads like this are only successful if talked about, wether or not they’re complaints. I think from a marketing point of view, you’ve got to hand it to them, they did a pretty good job of being noticed.

Personally, I’m not a pansy so I didn’t really pay attention to the ad, or feel a need to complain about it. Maybe the advertisers just new to always rely on the reliability of stupidity.
Stupid people being the loudest people.