First whine...

Cable news is suppose to be full of action, breaking news, busy newsrooms, amazing footage... Somebody forgot to tell Sky News Australia this.

At 10:45pm, a private ship crashed into a JetCat ferry underneath the Sydney harbour bridge. Sky News mentions this at about 11:30pm. Fair enough I guess, no deaths reported so far yet.

At about 12am, a death is confirmed, and Sky get a phone interview with a witness on another boat. No footage, no reporters. Okay, it's starting to seem lazy now, but I guess everyone has headed home since it's 12am.

After a short phone interview, Susanne continues with the rest of the news. Obviously, Sky aren't paying much attention, so I refresh news.com.au a few times every 5 minutes.


I watch the death toll rise to 2, 3, ... What does Sky News have for us? A repeat of the 12am bulletin, with outdated information saying how only 1 person has died. Oh, but they do have an updated super saying how 3 are now dead.

As I type this, 3 people are dead, 2 are critical in hospital, and three people are still missing. It's feared that 8 people may die.

So, does Sky News think this isn't important enough to keep the Susanne behind another few hours, and call in the first edition presenters early? This is an important, and tragic story... and what do Sky News dish up?

Pure, amatuer shit.

So I'm sitting here on my computer, refreshing news.com.au still, trying to find out more information.

Sky, get with it. If you think you're a cable news channel, you're kidding yourself. You're coverage was an embarassment.

I thought the relaunch of Sky News Australia in May last year was the turn around for Sky, increasing it's quality...

Guess I was wrong...


Welcome to the world of mediaocre.