Top stories on ONE News and 3 News: March 14, 2010

ONE News:

  1. Trans-Tasman rower (Live cross, Melissa Stokes)
  2. Trans-Tasman rower (Amy Kelley)
  3. Trans-Tasman rowing history
  4. Phoenix game fallout
  5. Fatal car crash in Auckland

3 News:

  1. Trans-Tasman rower (Jane Luscombe)
  2. Trans-Tasman rower (Melissa Davies)
  3. Mining in conservation land (Bob McNeill)
  4. Internet filter (Dave Goosselink)
  5. Fatal car crash in Auckland

Commentary:

Great achievement but I thought both networks went a little overboard with their coverage of the Quincey’s Trans-Tasman rowing feat.  ONE News spent about 9 minutes on it, 3 News about 7 minutes.

Verdict:

Tie

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  • frenzy

    I shudder when ONE News use catch pharses like “extensive coverage”.

    The coverage was too long. Bring on 30 minutes news. :)

  • Rachel

    frenzy: I cringed tonight too when they said that.  +1 for 30 minute news!

  • regan

    What is it with New Zealand sports teams grizzling about the refs when they lose key games?  You lost.  It sucks.  But ultimately it’s your own fault for not scoring more points.

  • LisaS

    Regan,

    I think you’ll find grizzling about the ref genuinely only gets any traction when there is cause to grizzle about the ref. This was certainly the case in the Phoenix game – that handball goal completely changed the flow of the game.

  • Brad Kreft

    Both One and 3 are obsessed with live crosses to reporters these days, all it seems to do is slow everything down. Would love to see the fuss made if the news hour was halved though 

  • regan

    It changed the flow of the game

    Does that mean that the team lost their nerve and started playing a different game?  It’s like the All Blacks vs France all over again.  Keep your cool and stick to the game plan.  Allowing a ref’s call to dictate how you play is a pretty poor excuse IMHO.

  • LisaS

    Of course the ref’s call is going to dictate play – it gave the opposing team a goal they shouldn’t have been awarded. Therefore the Phoenix had to play catch-up for the second time in the match – unfairly in the second instance.

    You also use the All Blacks-France game as an example. Are these the only two instances you have of NZ teams “grizzling about the refs” when they lose?

  • regan

    They are the two most recent cases where the population has cried foul.  I understand that one call was wrong but it is the team that ultimately determines their destiny.

    If you have to rely on someone else to make destiny for you then one would assume you’re not that serious about doing all you can to win.