Journalists/Presenters You Dislike?

Just out of curiosity, why do you dislike Peter Stefanovic? 

I personally don't think he's too bad of a presenter, although I do believe his presenting has dropped in quality since he stopped being a foreign correspondent. 

I agree with most of the names already suggested.

Here's more I'd personally prefer to see less of on TV which I'm surprised haven't been mentioned yet. A bit of commentary has been added so it's a bit more than just a mindless list.

*Samantha Armytage - Used to be a reasonable newsreader, but a terrible Sunrise co-host IMO.
*Mark Ferguson - Might be an OK newsreader for a daytime bulletin or a rolling news channel. But a Sydney 6pm news bulletin? No, just no...
*Andrew O'Keefe - I know a lot of people who like watching AOK on TV, but I'm personally not a fan of his.
*Ben Fordham - Someone I'd associate more with 2GB and it's notoriously editorial broadcasting rather than Channel Nine, probably not a good thing when he does fill-in presenting on TV news bulletins (like he has for Nine Morning News in the past and Sydney's 6pm bulletin last Christmas/New Year).
*Danny Weidler - the rugby league world's answer to Robert Ovadia, minus the presenting and inappropriate banter.
*That rugby league reporter on Seven who has previously been described as being "a Danny Weidler-wannabe", Josh-someone I think his name is.
*Amber "Jacket Lady" Sherlock - That now infamous leaked incident is all I associate with her these days.
*Belinda Russell - I'm sure she's a nice person, but not a great news/weather presenter IMO.
*Paul "Fatty" Vautin - probably should've retired 10 years ago, thankfully he'll be seen on TV less often next year!
*Most (if not all) of the reporters on A Current Affair...for obvious reasons.
*Tim Bailey - a very eccentric weather presenting style that might've been great for 1990s breakfast TV, but not Sydney TV news in 2017.
*Andrew Bolt - self explanatory.
*Paul Murray - likewise.
*Mark Latham - ditto.

In the "good reporters but please don't let them read news bulletins" category:

*Chris Reason
*Mark Burrows

...and before you ask, yes there are presenters/reporters/journalists on TV that I rather enjoy watching but that's for another topic!


Mike Lorigan - I remember him being a reporter for Prime7 Taree back in Early 2015, just one of the many reporters Prime7 (Local) News has had up there in recent times.

From what I've seen, he's an OK sports presenter. Not Cameron Williams levels by any means, but not someone I particularly dislike watching on TV.

Yep, I generally agree with the examples you provided. The thing I dislike most about Andrew O' Keefe is his laugh. It sounds really forced and un-natural.  

That's right. I had completely forgot about his surname. On the Nine News Southern NSW bulletins, he is simply referred to as "Mike", so that didn't help matters!

I agree. It's a shame Nine don't let presenters return to their previous roles and then adjusting to new routine and format effects there presenting. But i do think Amelia will probably de-crease her work load more soon with two small children and her husband is a on the road camera operator it doesn't seem possible. We will probably see Jayne Azzopardi shifted over soon to present. Again i think Nine will want consistency with there daytime bulletins to compete with Seven. Probably have Jayne presenting Mon-Thurs with Davina or Amelia on Friday (or possibly both becoming the 3rd inline Nine News Sydney presenter).

Neither do I, in all honesty. I'm not sure if you or anyone else has the same opinion as me, but my biggest concern with American media personalities (and American talk shows in general), is how they constantly talk over each other. In many cases, the special guests simply can't even get a word in, because someone else has interrupted and talked over the top of them. It's really frustrating. How hard is it to respectively listen to what the other person has to say and then voice your own opinion?

Of course, that's not to suggest that it never happens on UK and Australian talk/panel shows. However, I've noticed that it seems to be more of a common trait on many American shows, in particular. I'm going to be completely honest, I find their accents to be a bit annoying as well. I don't have an issue with the accents themselves, just the way in which people speak on those type of shows. Many people who appear on US talk shows are loud and obnoxious. It sounds even worse if they have a really drawn-out accent as well.


That's a good idea! I was actually thinking about creating one earlier, to be honest. Please feel free to create one, if you wish to!  

I'm not familiar with Margaret Wente, but would I be right in assuming that she is a well-known media personality in Toronto? She must be receive quite a lot of attention in the public eye, otherwise you'd think that she would have been fired from her position at The Globe and Mail. If it had of been someone else, they most likely would have lost their job over plagiarising.