Sunrise accused of wasting time of bushfire volunteers after no-show at animal shelter
Channel Seven’s breakfast show Sunrise has been accused of “letting down” South Australian fire victims by failing to turn up to a pre-arranged live cross at an animal rescue sanctuary to cover the bushfire ravaging the Adelaide Hills.
A message posted to Facebook by Mark Aldridge, a prominent animal rights campaigner and independent candidate in the 2013 federal election, which slated the behaviour, has been shared 11,014 times and liked by more than 10,500 people.
In the post Aldridge said: “Sunrise contacted me asking if they could set up on our property, they came out yesterday to sort out where to set up the satellite, they asked that we stack the donations on the lawn, to have all the rescuers there with the animals, and those that lost their homes in the fires for the cross overs, that we have the trucks arriving and departing, from 5.30 in the morning.”
Alridge continued by saying many people “missed out on well earned sleep” but were happy to do so in the aim of getting the word out on Sunrise about the work of the rescue groups.
Jeez its not like Sunrise lit the actual fires or something. This just sounds like a stuff up.
I have been watching Sunrise every morning and there has been heaps of coverage of the fires and the efforts of firefighters during the news along with interviews with volunteers all throughout the news and weather. They have mentioned the link on their website where you can donate several times and it flips up down the bottom throughout the program. So their was obviously a misunderstanding and miscommunication between both parties. Yes their time could have been better spent sleeping etc but these things happen during emergency situations. From what I can see, Seven have been making every effort to help with the fires and to get the word out there for donations.