Even if you live in WA, you would have been unlikely to miss news of last Friday’s incident on the Sydney Harbour Bridge when separated father of three, Mick Fox, 38, staged a one man protest in the hope of getting the authorities to provide more assistance to kids from broken homes. An estimated 60,000 motorists were delayed in the traffic chaos that the protest caused. With the story unfolding from before 6 am every breakfast producer in town was scrambling to get that all important ‘exclusive.’

According to radioinfo reader, Jason Drummond, “The questions has to be asked. Are producers of these programs so fixed on getting the scoop that they forget that what the guy was going was illegal? The effect it had on Sydney’s commuters was lost in being FIRST WITH THE STORY!

“For gods sake you fools! Listen to the audio, says Jason …

  Triple M’s Grill Team   

  Alan Jones, 2GB

“Not once did the guys ask “do you realise the effect you having on the people of Sydney? The people who have missed their flights costing them money, the people who got their butts kicked for being late to work. The people who missed that all important meeting, the people who are stranded on Sydney’s buses and trains. No, all they wanted to do was be first with the “scoop”. Once again Sydney’s media lets Sydney down,” says Jason.

Do you agree with him? Does he have a point?

Does the listener really care whether a story is ‘exclusive’ or not anywhere near as much as the radio producer, presenter, news director or PD thinks they do?