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Look this Gallery kerfuffle. To summarise, lots of people are unhappy with the conduct of political journos at the PM’s briefings. And journos are saying “don’t watch if you can’t hack it.”
Firstly, the 1pm briefings are now public property. Deal with it.
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Firstly, the 1pm briefings are now public property. Deal with it.
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Covid’s not going away, and briefings have become an effective & popular channel for the Govt to talk directly with its citizens.
And now we’ve seen what happens in the Q&A you can’t simply cut the feed (we’re not Belarus).
So no Henry Cooke, you can’t have them back.
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And now we’ve seen what happens in the Q&A you can’t simply cut the feed (we’re not Belarus).
So no Henry Cooke, you can’t have them back.
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Second, because briefings are now public viewing the Press Gallery needs to raise its game or it will continue to face withering criticism.
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Yes, I know it’s inconvenient, but theatrics that are apparently acceptable behind closed doors (eg, incivility towards the PM& high officials, badgering, melodramatic “will you resign/have you letdown the entire country” questions) frankly look terrible to outsiders.
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Yes we understand it’s just the way you’ve always done your job. But you’re now on live TV with an audience of tens (sometimes hundreds) of thousands. A part of media landscape has changed. Rise to the occasion please.
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And that red herring about briefings being the only opportunity for journos to get official comment from the PM & high officials.
Before Covid you never had daily access like this. Also why do you need the PM’s official comments on absolutely everything?
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Before Covid you never had daily access like this. Also why do you need the PM’s official comments on absolutely everything?
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Lastly, thank you to the Gallery journos who have been engaging with twitter on this. It's brought out a good level of debate IMO
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