[SBS News] Mary Kostakidis quits.

[weemadando]

To all the fans of Mary out there (I know there are a few of you). Goddamn SBS for forcing her out (if the news that has leaked thus far is true).

News.com.au article

I tell you what I'm sad to see her go, especially under these circumstances. Stan Grant is a goddamn hack and if the stories are consistent, then to force her into doing the cute'n'fuzzy work because his buddy is the new producer? Bah!

I feel like launching a Late Show Muckraking "bring back Jo!" campaign.

[hongi]

What. The. Hell.

Mary Kostakidis is my favourite newsreader. I haven't been happy about where SBS has been going for quite a few months, and this just pisses me off even more.

It's like how I felt after Jana Wendt left Sunday.

[thejester]

To all the fans of Mary out there (I know there are a few of you). Goddamn SBS for forcing her out (if the news that has leaked thus far is true).

News.com.au article

I tell you what I'm sad to see her go, especially under these circumstances. Stan Grant is a goddamn hack and if the stories are consistent, then to force her into doing the cute'n'fuzzy work because his buddy is the new producer? Bah!

I feel like launching a Late Show Muckraking "bring back Jo!" campaign.

Dude. I am totally up for that. March on SBS headquarters in Fed Square?

[mr friendly guy]

I saw this too. Stan Grant was apparently cosy with the new managment of SBS, so they decided to screw Mary. Well fuck the SBS management, courtesy of the Howard government's reform.

[Crown]

So Howard is succeeding in turning SBS into every other trash channel then? Fucker.

By the way, I think I've made my feelings on Mary clear already.

[weemadando]

To all the fans of Mary out there (I know there are a few of you). Goddamn SBS for forcing her out (if the news that has leaked thus far is true).

News.com.au article

I tell you what I'm sad to see her go, especially under these circumstances. Stan Grant is a goddamn hack and if the stories are consistent, then to force her into doing the cute'n'fuzzy work because his buddy is the new producer? Bah!

I feel like launching a Late Show Muckraking "bring back Jo!" campaign.

We need a lot of bored students to give us the numbers.

Dude. I am totally up for that. March on SBS headquarters in Fed Square?

[thejester]

I live at Halls of Residence, I have access to plenty of bored students. Only question is if I can make all the engineers give a fuck about some random on SBS.

[Gandalf]

I live at Halls of Residence, I have access to plenty of bored students. Only question is if I can make all the engineers give a fuck about some random on SBS.

Surely there would be many a humanities student who wants to look cultured by caring about SBS and protesting this?

[weemadando]

I live at Halls of Residence, I have access to plenty of bored students. Only question is if I can make all the engineers give a fuck about some random on SBS.

You live in a Halls of Residence and you can't get people motivated to do something completely random? I used to sign up for all sorts of insane shit while at Christ College.

[hongi]

Great way to treat a longstanding member of your channel:

LONGSTANDING SBS news presenter Mary Kostakidis has sued the network for breach of contract, alleging co-host Stan Grant preferred to read magazines and talk to studio floor managers rather than interact with her and accusing the network's head of bullying.

Grant was appointed by SBS without consulting Kostakidis and from the start of their professional relationship he treated her "with disdain and generally ignored her presence except very occasionally making a remark to her while on air", she claims.

"Kostakidis attempted to start a conversation on numerous occasions by asking Grant questions, which he then answered perfunctorily and went back to reading a magazine. This behaviour was in view of many staff — studio crew, control room crew, makeup artists, hairdressers, publicists etc — and became the subject of discussion," the statement says.

"By contrast, Grant talked constantly to the main floor manager, mainly about music."

[The_Saint]

If they're as good as any student down here then offer beer.

SBS is going down the drain...