Alan Jones’ first week on digital platforms: how did it go?
20 December 2021 · News · Podcastinfo
How did the renewed, digital, Alan Jones do in his first week on his new digital platforms?
Not too bad, but not earth shattering.
Here is radioinfo's review.
In his first Direct to...
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Knowing Mr Jones' views on the covid infection during his time at 2GB likening to a "...mild flu..." would be in accord to the Premier's attitude to "...letting it rip..." by letting go of basic risk management techniques of wearing masks, keeping socially distant and maintaining the QR code system of monitoring and informing visitors to venues of a possible contact with an infected person,
refs:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/experts-warn-against-ditching-face-mask-rule-for-shoppers-20211213-p59h2g.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqZTsZz51DE&ab_channel=9NewsAustralia
But being a broadcaster, he should have been challenging the talent's views instead of presenting the interview as a "puff piece".
A similar event occurred on 2GB's "Garden Clinic", 19-12-2021 where the host was interviewing the Premier on his gardening habits.
It was not hard-hitting.
Neither was Joe Hildebrand's interview with the Premier, 20-12-2021 at https://www.2gb.com/nsw-premier-explains-why-hes-refusing-to-reimpose-restrictions-amid-rising-covid-cases/.
Sure people must be personally responsible for their covid risk-management such as wearing masks and keeping socially distant.
But why didn't the interviewer challenge the Premier on those who are personally irresponsible mixing with the personally responsible and spreading the virus? Yesterday, 20-12-2021, I was in a large shopping mall, wearing a mask. Half the people in the mall were not wearing a mask. They weren't personally responsible.
With the slow demise of the QR system and the authorities not releasing places of infection, there was no challenge by the interviewer about the citizen not being fully informed of the risks of infection by being present.
Going back to the Alan Jones video show, I suspect that the show will not be as well-resourced with a research team that was on his 2GB show. It's most likely it won't have the rigour of his radio program.
Nevertheless, Alan's show does have backing with one of his backers being a property developer,
Refs:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/jones-goes-direct-to-the-people-will-he-go-direct-to-air-20211212-p59gxe.html
https://deepriver.com.au/author/jack/
I have no issue with property developers but his show needs a portfolio of backers not just two.
To illustrate, one of Mr Jones' concerns during his time at 2GB was population growth in Sydney. That was in addition to his causes for (i) building more coal-fired stations, (ii) being against the Paris Agreement and (iii) redirecting water from Northern Queensland to inland Queensland as proposed by Dr. Bradfield.
Population growth necessitates building or developing of housing. Read any readers' comments in any major paper on future developments in their local area, many people object to overdevelopment in their local area. Is it the "not in my backyard" ('nimby') syndrome.
Will Alan Jones continue to opine on overdevelopment in Sydney or will his backer cease to sponsor?
Time will tell.
Thank you,
Anthony from exciting and thought-provoking Belfield in the land of the Wangal and Darug peoples of the Eora Nation.