Another day, another hot microphone debacle.
This time, Melbourne-based Channel Seven presenters Mike Amor and Rebecca Maddern are caught saying what they REALLY think about men's #1 tennis player
Novak Djokovic and his current AustralianOpen visa problems (video and transcript below).
As professional broadcasters Amor and Maddern:
💡 Should know better than to talk trash on-set.
💡 Should know that the "wild feed" is nearly always on in broadcasting, whether the show is on-air or not. Someone is always watching or listening (and quite possibly recording).
💡 Should understand that their news credibility and objectivity on this story are now terribly damaged. Channel 7 should not let them report news on this story in the future as the audience has seen their personal bias.
Here are some tips if you are an interviewee on a podcast or broadcast media interview:
🚀 Assume (in the case of a TV or radio interview) that your comments are being recorded or monitored, even if you're off-air.
🚀 Do express yourself during your interview, even if you have a controversial viewpoint.
🚀 But know that anything you say - from the moment you say "hello" - could be recorded and played back.
🚀 Be credible, clear, and concise.
7NEWS ASTONISHING DJOKOVIC RANT TRANSCRIPT
Rebecca Maddern: 'Whatever way you look at it, Novak Djokovic is a lying, sneaky, a***hole.' Mike Amor: 'He's an a***hole.' RM: 'Like whatever way you look at it, it's unfortunate that everybody else stuffed up around him. MA: 'That's it, I mean he's an a***hole.' ......... MA: 'He got a bullshit f*****g excuse and then fell over his own f*****g lies. It's just what happens, right, that's what happened.' RM: 'Yeah. And then, he now then ticking he didn't go to Spain.' MA: 'Yeah, yeah.' RM: 'It's just like...' MA: 'I think he's going to get away with it.' RM: 'Oh, he is. He's going to get away with it.' MA: 'I think most fair-minded people would say "Look, the bloke's an a***hole". Did we, did they do the right thing by him, I don't know.' RM: 'No. I don't think so.' MA: 'They f****d it up. That's the problem, isn't it?' RM: 'I don't think, I don't think anything was gained by putting him in (an) immigration hotel.' MA: 'No, but the trouble is, how do you justify the person (who is) also on the same plane with him who also has...' RM: 'You can't justify it, but the fact is, life is never fair.' MA: 'Yeah.' RM: 'Some people fly first class and some people, do you know what, it's never fair.' MA: 'Yeah. But that poor Czech girl that was f*****g sent home. Hunted down and sent home.'
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