2UE says tweet slamming merged news service was a hack by ‘concerned’ listener not staffer

Macquarie Radio has claimed a tweet posted to a 2UE Twitter account describing it as a “shit news service” was the work of a “concerned member of the listening public” rather than a sacked staff member.

A tweet posted from the @2UENews account posted at 7.43am read “Apologies for the shit service these days. We hope you like the sound of whinging hyenas reading the news.”

It comes days after the newsrooms for Sydney radio stations 2UE and 2GB were merged last week as part of cost cutting measures following the merger of Fairfax Radio and Maquarie Radio, which has led to a number of redundancies across the operation.