TV3's Sunrise easily had the best coverage of the devastating Victorian fires this morning. Carly Flynn presented large segments of the show live from Melbourne, Australia where she spent time talking with 3 News Australian correspondent Amanda Gillies.Oliver Driver presented the other segments of the show from the Auckland studio.
From what I have heard, Breakfast only spoke to a reporter via telephone. During the time I spent on TV One this morning all I saw was Paul and Pippa in the studio talking about John Key's cast.
It will be interesting to see tomorrow whether or not an obvious win in coverage for Sunrise will mean any increase in ratings, or if people are only watching their news out of habit.
3 comments:
i find it odd how tv3 send all their main presenters to present/cover events. for example they sent john campbell to cover/present from washington for the inauguration, and mike mcroberts got sent somewhere i can't remember, and now carly flynn, whereas tvnz send their correspondents to cover such events, such as tim wilson to cover the inauguration etc. i get the feeling tv3 don't trust their reporters/correspondents
I don't think it's that they don't trust their reporters, I think it's more that sending a big name to cover the event shows the audience how much importance they are placing on it's coverage.
Plus TV3 have always said they like to keep their presenters actively involved in field journalism, and what better time to do it than during a major event.
So Sunrise has best coverage? Pity no one is watching or knows about that coverage!
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