Sunrise host Samantha Armytage quits Seven Network breakfast show
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Samantha Armytage announced she was leaving Sunrise on Monday morning.
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Samantha Armytage has quit as the host of Sunrise live on air after more than eight years of appearing on the Seven Network s top-rated breakfast show.
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Samantha Armytage will co-host Sunrise for the last time on Thursday this week
She said it had been a bittersweet six months, which included her mother s death and her wedding
Armytage said she would take a break before deciding on what she ll do next
Armytage, 44, said she would be taking a break before deciding on my next chapter , capping a 22-year stint in broadcast journalism.
SKY News corrected editorials by
Alan Jones following a complaint to media watchdog the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
An editorial broadcast last August drew a complaint alleging ‘misinformation’ on COVID-19:
1. Children do not spread COVID.
2. Masks are useless.
4. COVID is a hoax.
The first of the three allegations listed above, involved the communication by Jones of information drawn from published research, including two from peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Whilst quoting an article on masks, Jones neglected to note the authors of an article stated, “We strongly support the calls of public health agencies for all people to wear masks when circumstances compel them to be within 6 ft of others for sustained periods”.
Alan Jones made misrepresentations in his segment on Sky News criticising the Victorian premierâs Covid response, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found. Photograph: Sky News
Alan Jones was forced to publish a correction to his August 2020 editorial railing against Covid-19 restrictions in Victoria after the broadcasting watchdog found he had âmisrepresented the researchâ on the effectiveness of masks and lockdowns.
Jones, who fronts the flagship opinion show on Sky After Dark at 8pm on Mondays through Thursdays, is a trenchant critic of Daniel Andrewsâs Labor government.
The former radio shock jock retired from 2GB last May after a divisive 35-year career and was picked up by Sky News Australia, which is increasingly moving its commentary to the right.