Never one to miss an opportunity for drama 10 News weather man, Sydney’s Tim Bailey, was gripping onto an umbrella as he presented the weather atop the network’s Pyrmont headquarters.
“It’s been 44 years since Sydney has had a November pummelling like this!” he began, before continuing with a high-charged report.
But Nine’s Tom Steinfort took to Twitter to question his inclusion of an umbrella, with Bailey returning in kind.
Why is Tom, watching his opponents news is the question I have.
Everybody watches opposition from time to time to stay informed. It was up against Hot Seat, not Nine News.
What does Tim Bailey mean by “Ya took a shot at the wrong bloke.”? Sounds a bit ominous?!!
These type of antics in news and weather actually cheapen and degrade the quality of journalism. I understand the idea to engage viewers and have some fun, but sometimes it is not necessary.
But overall the quality of news seems less professional and responsible.
I often use the phrase “doom and gloom” as news often have the propensity to scare the public, ‘be alert but not alarmed’ would be a better approach.
Then, if Bailey’s bad acting was not ridiculous enough, the clip here was immediately followed by (on tenplay.com.au/news/sydney at 14.10-14.25) “check out this cat we found a fashionable feline to beat the rain, yep that is a raincoat…”.
Well, no, it was a YouTube clip from someone else overseas, uploaded two months ago.
I looked for that after spotting your note but didn’t see what 10 did.
Hi David, It’s Sandra’s follow-on after Bailey claims to have lost the umbrella to the non-existent wind. On tenplay 14.10 in.
Very suss “we found” cat… we found it on YouTube. Nice spotting will pass it onto Media Watch.
Reminds me of the classic clip from NBC today show when the reporter is in a canoo in a flood and people walk past her. They all do a bit of theatre.