Hello eBroadcast Administrators,

I have some experience in writing in articles for websites, including my own, and have some good experience in TV news. I was wondering if I could apply for a position as a reporter in eNews.

Thanks

EDIT: I would be also be able to do a Technology News section.

I have a question!. . . *I know I will regret this. . I am not blonde either*. . there are guest users on line. . and sometimes members too, who are viewing news. . . where is that news?. . . I can't find it.

Dear all,

I apologise if this is post in the wrong forum.

Recently, I noticed a number of eNews articles written by “eNews staff and agencies” tend to be in favour of Channel Ten, this has been highlighted by recent Big Brother related events.

I am aware a number of Channel Ten and Big Brother supporters in this forum, some of those are moderators. However, a number of articles tend to help or in favour of of Channel Ten.

Is this eBroadcast owned or sponsored by Channel Ten? If not, why do we have articles attacking rival networks (Channel Seven in particular) but not even an article condemning Channel Ten's turkey slapping scandal?

I've noticed a little anti-nine bias occasionally but nothing really against seven.

Nothing's against 7. It's their site and if they want to post articles on 10 then let them it's not up to you. Also I bet you are just saying that as judging by your signature you hate channel 10 and love today tonight which has done nasty stuff to 10.

The moderators can't post there, although I would like to post some articles there sometime.

Quoted from dara

Nothing's against 7. It's their site and if they want to post articles on 10 then let them it's not up to you. Also I bet you are just saying that as judging by your signature you hate channel 10 and love today tonight which has done nasty stuff to 10.

Judging by your signature, you hate Channel Seven. Yes, it's their site. As an eNews reader, I believe everybody has the right to show his/her concern about eNews articles.

Today Tonight did nothing wrong, they merely revealed some dirty scandals Channel Ten and Big Brother wanted to hide from public.

Since both Channel Ten and Big Brother chose not to elaborate the scandal that caused removal of two house mates, and treated them as they've never existed. Rival channels provided the wanted news for us all. It is clear eNews articles targeted rival networks' coverage but not on Channel Ten's "lack" of explanation.

Just read the story on enews about TT and can see your point.

The bias against seven is obvious.

I remember reading a story awhile back about nine still being 'the one' but the entire article was clearly biased against nine.

But if ten runs enews what can you expect? Objectivity?

Quoted from antony

Today Tonight did nothing wrong, they merely revealed some dirty scandals Channel Ten and Big Brother wanted to hide from public.

Today tonight did do something wrong. They said behindbb was the official site. LIE! They made fake users and created fake posts on behindbb- LIE! they manipulated stories and told several lies and used copyright material from behindbb.

There is a bit of a bias against Seven. Just look at the TT story from today.

The articles aren't exactly in favour of Nine, but they are definitely pro-10.

Good thing.
7 was in the wrong on the TT story...

Quoted from antony

Dear all,

I apologise if this is post in the wrong forum.

Recently, I noticed a number of eNews articles written by “eNews staff and agencies” tend to be in favour of Channel Ten, this has been highlighted by recent Big Brother related events.

I am aware a number of Channel Ten and Big Brother supporters in this forum, some of those are moderators. However, a number of articles tend to help or in favour of of Channel Ten.

Is this eBroadcast owned or sponsored by Channel Ten? If not, why do we have articles attacking rival networks (Channel Seven in particular) but not even an article condemning Channel Ten's turkey slapping scandal?

Who employs you?

Excactly! Also the owners didn't want to discuss turkey slap at 1st because of legal issues, and I don't think 7 and 9 should have been allowed to show the scene.

Who cares, it's one article... get over it.

Quoted from dara

Today tonight did do something wrong. They said behindbb was the official site. LIE! They made fake users and created fake posts on behindbb- LIE! they manipulated stories and told several lies and used copyright material from behindbb.

Today Tonight did not state directly that behindbigbrother.com was the official site. They did give people wrong impression. That was their "mistake", not a "lie" as you put it.
Today Tonight did say the official website/forum owned by Channel Ten and BigBrother removing forum posts... which was true.

There's no rule excludes Today Tonight from registering an account. They did not "make fake users" as you mentioned.

One statement from this eNews article which overly quotes behindbigbrother.com, "Today Tonight used images and content from behindbigbrother.com without permission"

Today Tonight did not use behindbigbrother.com's images as their images. They are allowed to show screen captures (or commonly known as screenshots). Further, Today Tonight did not use behindbigbrother.com's content directly nor claim it was theirs, there's no copyright infringements.

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Also the owners didn't want to discuss turkey slap at 1st because of legal issues, and I don't think 7 and 9 should have been allowed to show the scene.

Legal issues? It seems to me, it was Channel Ten/Big Brother's excuse. Channel Ten/Big Brother were simply too embarrassed to report those. It is obvious the court did not stop other media reporting/investigating "turkey slapping scandal."
In contrary, Seven News even reported their own presenters were sued by the Government before they were cleared over a boy wanted to divorce his parents story.

disclaimer: I don't work for and I am not affiliated with Seven Network.

The bottom line is that TT just created the segment solely because they wanted to decrease the ratings of BB. I don't think they care about the viewers at all.

I'm not saying that TT is a bad show. They actually have some interesting reports...

Sorry guys, I still feel strongly on the articles posted by "eNews staff and agencies" are pro-Ten.

Last time, I commented eNews' excessive defending on Channel Ten's Big Brother. eNews staff and agencies did not condemn Big Brother/Channel Ten on the infamous "turkey slapping" scandal, instead even suggested people not to watch news.

Recent articles posted by "eNews staff and agencies".

Big Brother 06 still a winner, despite Eviction slump (Aug 1, 2006)

It seems to me, a big article to report the "success" of Big Brother.

Commercial TV takes on ABC (Aug 2, 2006)

Nothing to do with Ten, but negatives on Nine and Seven.

Yasmin's Wedding called off (Aug 6, 2006)

Channel Ten's programme news.

Nine crosses the ratings line, Yasmin fails to find it (Aug 7, 2006)

Coverage on Ten's short-lived show Yasmin, again.

Australian Idol bounces back (Aug 8, 2006)

Praising (Channel Ten) Australian Idol's success, with an interesting comment on Seven,

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Seven has pinched the newest American format called America's You've Got Talent, re-named it Australia You've Got talent and is holding auditions.

It comes down to a simple question... why was the success or failure of Channel Ten programmes being covered so intensively?

Quoted from antony

Sorry guys, I still feel strongly on the articles posted by "eNews staff and agencies" are pro-Ten.

Last time, I commented eNews' excessive defending on Channel Ten's Big Brother. eNews staff and agencies did not condemn Big Brother/Channel Ten on the infamous "turkey slapping" scandal, instead even suggested people not to watch news.

Recent articles posted by "eNews staff and agencies".

Big Brother 06 still a winner, despite Eviction slump (Aug 1, 2006)

It seems to me, a big article to report the "success" of Big Brother.

Commercial TV takes on ABC (Aug 2, 2006)

Nothing to do with Ten, but negatives on Nine and Seven.

Yasmin's Wedding called off (Aug 6, 2006)

Channel Ten's programme news.

Nine crosses the ratings line, Yasmin fails to find it (Aug 7, 2006)

Coverage on Ten's short-lived show Yasmin, again.

Australian Idol bounces back (Aug 8, 2006)

Praising (Channel Ten) Australian Idol's success, with an interesting comment on Seven,

It comes down to a simple question... why was the success or failure of Channel Ten programmes being covered so intensively?

But arent you saying that 'eNews' is pro-Ten?? If they were, they probably wouldnt be posting articles which show some of Ten's embarrassments...

Quoted from antony

Sorry guys, I still feel strongly on the articles posted by "eNews staff and agencies" are pro-Ten.

Last time, I commented eNews' excessive defending on Channel Ten's Big Brother. eNews staff and agencies did not condemn Big Brother/Channel Ten on the infamous "turkey slapping" scandal, instead even suggested people not to watch news.

Recent articles posted by "eNews staff and agencies".

Big Brother 06 still a winner, despite Eviction slump (Aug 1, 2006)

It seems to me, a big article to report the "success" of Big Brother.

Commercial TV takes on ABC (Aug 2, 2006)

Nothing to do with Ten, but negatives on Nine and Seven.

Yasmin's Wedding called off (Aug 6, 2006)

Channel Ten's programme news.

Nine crosses the ratings line, Yasmin fails to find it (Aug 7, 2006)

Coverage on Ten's short-lived show Yasmin, again.

Australian Idol bounces back (Aug 8, 2006)

Praising (Channel Ten) Australian Idol's success, with an interesting comment on Seven,

It comes down to a simple question... why was the success or failure of Channel Ten programmes being covered so intensively?

Because that's what we want to read! Omg!! And I am not arguing with you on TT because your views are just as biased as mine.

Quoted from antony

disclaimer: I don't work for and I am not affiliated with Seven Network.

No you're John Howard.

Hehe, John Howard and Fajo are biased towards Nine, you (antoni) are biased toward Seven, Dara and I are biased towards Ten and Paula... she's biased towards ABC and SBS.

See? We're all biased! It's in our nature to support one group, and one gruop alone. The rest are just drifters, or don't generally give a damn.

Just for the record, all stories labeled 'eBroadcast staff and agencies' are written by mostly independant TV writers that eBroadcast employs. The content of each article is really up to the individual author. eBroadcast definately has no affiliation or cash for comment relationship with any network.

I'm a regular reader of eNews and I don't think it is biased - in the past week I have seen all three commercial networks criticised for some of their programs. If there is any biased towards Channel 10, I'd like to know why they would bother publicising Yasmin's axing. Idol's 2 million last night I think is also newsworthy.

We have a seperate section of eNews for media releases which are sent directly to eBroadcast. Our staff publishes those releases unedited.

Hope this helps,

How many people work at eBroadcast?

Not enough! *eyes the boss*

Is it based in a small home or office, or is it people from all over Australia?

I can work for you

Great I'm grouped with Johnny Howard that's just fantastic  

Quoted from admin

Just for the record, all stories labeled 'eBroadcast staff and agencies' are written by mostly independant TV writers that eBroadcast employs. The content of each article is really up to the individual author. eBroadcast definately has no affiliation or cash for comment relationship with any network.

I'm a regular reader of eNews and I don't think it is biased - in the past week I have seen all three commercial networks criticised for some of their programs. If there is any biased towards Channel 10, I'd like to know why they would bother publicising Yasmin's axing. Idol's 2 million last night I think is also newsworthy.

We have a seperate section of eNews for media releases which are sent directly to eBroadcast. Our staff publishes those releases unedited.

Hope this helps,

Thanks for answering.

If you want to read the theory biased towards Channel Ten, it's simple: mentioning Yasmin's axing can be served as "mentioning" Channel Ten's programmes.

The unfairness can be easily seen by a quick counting of number of programmes being covered from a certain channel.

Ten's Big Brother final was mentioned.
Ten's starting of Australian Idol was mentioned.

Seven's ending of It Takes Two was NOT mentioned.
Seven's starting of new show was NOT mentioned. (e.g. Criminal Minds)

That suggests whatever happened in Channel Ten has to be mentioned in eNews.

I would think Big Brother and Australian Idol are bigger hits than It Takes Two and Criminal Minds in terms of ratings. eNews is focusing to the masses, not the individual.

Quoted from normangerman

I would think Big Brother and Australian Idol are bigger hits than It Takes Two and Criminal Minds in terms of ratings. eNews is focusing to the masses, not the individual.

Channel Seven's Border Security has been doing quite well, I believe the rating was highter than Big Brother and Australian Idol, I failed to notice any article from "eBroadcast staff and agencies" on Border Security.

Quoted from normangerman

..and Paula... she's biased towards ABC and SBS...

  

I am not biased towards any one station.  I watch seven and nine equally, SBS sometimes, ABC sometimes and I dislike 80% of what TEN screens, as it's inane drivel.

I don't get this thread. How or why would someone be biased towards a TV station? It's not football for goodness sake. It's just TV. Just watch and try and be entertained regardless of what channel it's on.

Quoted from Devman

I don't get this thread. How or why would someone be biased towards a TV station? It's not football for goodness sake. It's just TV. Just watch and try and be entertained regardless of what channel it's on.

You just beat me to it, I was gonna post something along these lines.
Who really cares what station the program is on, you like it, you watch it.

Quoted from antony

Ten's Big Brother final was mentioned.
Ten's starting of Australian Idol was mentioned.

Seven's ending of It Takes Two was NOT mentioned.
Seven's starting of new show was NOT mentioned. (e.g. Criminal Minds)

That suggests whatever happened in Channel Ten has to be mentioned in eNews.

I believe they were not mentioned because no one really cares they are ending or starting. BB and idol and way bigger news.. even people who hate them know about them... therefore they get reported. Also they can't write about every single show geez.

In enews right now i see articles for:
9
9
9
10
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
9
7
9
9
7
abc
7
9
7
7
9
9
10
7
therefore there are
13 nine articles
5 ten articles
1 abc article
and 6 seven articles.
sort of throws your theory out the window huh.

Quoted from dara

Because that's what we want to read! Omg!! And I am not arguing with you on TT because your views are just as biased as mine.

If "eBroadcast staff and agencies" wrote programmes by Channel Seven as much as they ("eBroadcast staff and agencies") cover Channel Ten's programmes now, I believe you would complain as well.

Quoted from dara

In enews right now i see articles for:
9
9
9
10
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
9
7
9
9
7
abc
7
9
7
7
9
9
10
7
therefore there are
13 nine articles
5 ten articles
1 abc article
and 6 seven articles.
sort of throws your theory out the window huh.

I am referring to articles written by "eBroadcast staff and agencies", not press releases directly from media.

Try this link http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/television.html and you will see all articles written by "eBroadcast staff and agencies".

Quoted from Devman

I don't get this thread. How or why would someone be biased towards a TV station? It's not football for goodness sake. It's just TV. Just watch and try and be entertained regardless of what channel it's on.

And why do "eBroadcast staff and agencies" focus on Channel Ten's programmes in particular?

Just a question about the updating of the 'News' page. . it is yesterdays headlines  . . time for a 'refresh'.

why are you so concerned with what enews writes anyway? read channel 7 news if you don't want to read enews.
I thought you would be glad to read stuff on 10 as you NEVER watch 10 and you might want to know what the enemys up to..

There's very little of TEN to be seen on today's e-news.

Quoted from dara

why are you so concerned with what enews writes anyway? read channel 7 news if you don't want to read enews.
I thought you would be glad to read stuff on 10 as you NEVER watch 10 and you might want to know what the enemys up to..

Would you be happy to read if "eBroadcast staff and agencies" wrote how good Today Tonight is and people should turn switch off Big Brother (then)? (For your information, "eBroadcast staff and agencies" suggested the other way round.)

I do watch Ten as well.

Finally, an article on Seven, Seven's Sundays May Be Wrong, this article balances Yasmin's Wedding called off. Thank you "eBroadcast staff and agencies".

Now, by comparing the content of those two aforementioned articles,  "eBroadcast staff and agencies" are still harsher on Seven than on Ten.

Who cares...
They are not saying Dont watch 7 just watch 10, they just said TT was wrong, only stating the truth...

Quoted from dara

Who cares...
They are not saying Dont watch 7 just watch 10,

They did say so (indirectly).

This is the article written by "eNews staff and agencies",
Forget Big Brother, let's axe network news
  Author: eNews staff and agencies | Jul 4, 2006, 12:18

Fair enough to

I regularly read the articles from eNews staff and agencies, but I find them incredible hard to follow.

Referring to the article: Murdoch provides small ratings boost for Today, Dec 13, 2006, 13:53

Quoted from http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/Murdoch_provides_small_ratings_boost_for_Today_131206.html

Seven though has pitched a mixture of the dying (JAG), the new (SCU and Border Patrol from new Zealand), Life Begins, from Britain with Carolyn Quentin (Blue Murder) last night with more than 1.1 million viewers; Standoff from the US. Vanished is new and it has brought back The Master, which was axed after one night in ratings  

Sunday nights remain a black hole for Seven however, even out of ratings while Monday and Tuesday nights (without the cricket) remain two of Nine's problematic evenings.

Next year, when Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and perhaps another US program from the 2006-07 season Nine will struggle on Monday, and on Tuesday with Border Security and Dancing With The Stars plus All Saints.

Sentences, such as these, need to have more commas or something. The level of writing is not the best.

Yeah a few missing commas, oh well . the way you pasted it makes the 1st sentence not make sense, but it does.

Quoted from dara

Yeah a few missing commas, oh well . the way you pasted it makes the 1st sentence not make sense, but it does.

More than a few commas are needed. A sentence starts, but doesn't end.
The way I quoted them makes them no easier or difficult to understand.

^Just read it slowly , it is a little difficult to understand though I agree.
I miss the eNews articles we usually get, Summer sucks - Bring on Feburary!

BTW Dara, I agree with you as far as TT is concerned with the BB story. They said that a user of Behind BB (which they claimed was the official site) had written the stuff in the screencaps they showed when it was actually the TT reporter who wrote them things on the site.

Quoted from TSS

More than a few commas are needed. A sentence starts, but doesn't end.
The way I quoted them makes them no easier or difficult to understand.

Yes, I agree TSS.  I think a bit more care is needed with some of the articles.

Quoted from Seriously

^Just read it slowly , it is a little difficult to understand though I agree.
I miss the eNews articles we usually get, Summer sucks - Bring on Feburary!

BTW Dara, I agree with you as far as TT is concerned with the BB story. They said that a user of Behind BB (which they claimed was the official site) had written the stuff in the screencaps they showed when it was actually the TT reporter who wrote them things on the site.

Yeah the people on behindBB did a huge investigation and found how much they lied.
The kings of misconceptions they are

I'd like to reiterate what TSS has said regarding these articles.  Not only do they often flow badly, I also see basic grammar and spelling errors.  I'm sorry, but in my book that is not acceptable.  These articles are listed as being "media releases" and supposedly written by professionals, therefore they must be well and properly written.  It's not good enough to brush it off with comments like "it's just a few commas".