S9 E4 - I Think We've Gone Soft

Hutchy and Damo (in the same studio!) are fascinated by the work the NRL is doing over in Las Vegas, while back at home it was Angus Brayshaw's retirement which dominated the headlines this week. There's another Craig's Carry On, and we bid a fond farewell to an old favourite. In this episode: 0:40 - Find me a negative story about the NRL in Vegas 7:09 - Angus Brayshaw and the sensitivity in breaking the story 14:14 - The footy reporter wars and battle between Nine and Seven 17:24 - Channel 9's winning the ratings in Melbourne 19:00 - Craig's Carry On 26:00 - Michael Pell's response to our segment last week 26:44 - "Has moved to clarify" 28:25 - The ABC's deal with RMIT Fact Check has come to an end 31:31 - Media tidbits from the week (Nick McCallum, Jake Niall, Peter Jess and anonymous sources) 36:37 - Defending the politicians at Taylor Swift 37:32 - Why are we obsessed about writing about other people's relationships? 39:42 - Melbourne Council have banned Sally Capp's parking spot – important stuff! Hosts: Craig Hutchison: twitter.com/craighutchy Damian Barrett: twitter.com/barrettdamian Follow and contact us: Twitter: twitter.com/SoundingBoardEp Facebook: facebook.com/SoundingBoardEp Email: [email protected] The Sounding Board is proudly supported by DrinkWise - if you're choosing to drink, choose to drink wise.