Damian Barrett

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Damian Barrett
Born (1970-10-17) 17 October 1970 (age 53)
NationalityAustralian
Other namesDamo, Purple, Warrior, Wok Fry
OccupationSports journalist
Years active1990–present [1]

Damian Barrett is an Australian journalist who works for AFL Media and covers Australian rules football. [2] [3] [4]

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Career

Barrett has worked in the Australian sports media, covering a variety of sports, for over 30 years. He has worked for the Herald Sun, The Footy Show, The Sunday Footy Show, Footy Classified on Channel 9, and on Triple M radio. In 2018, he joined AFL Media as their chief correspondent being involved in programs on the digital service, including Access All Areas and some of their podcasts. He also co-hosts the long-running The Sounding Board podcast with Craig Hutchison. He is a multiple award winner of Most Outstanding News Reporter (electronic) at the Australian Football Media Association awards, [5] [6] [7] and in 2013 won a Quill Award for the best Best Sports News Story in any Medium for his reporting on the Essendon Football Club supplements saga. [8]

Controversies

Over the course of his career, Barrett has gotten into numerous disputes with both AFL players and coaches. [4] [3] Barrett was involved in a physical altercation with North Melbourne coach Brad Scott in 2016, that occurred when Barrett was questioning Scott about the Kangaroos performance in the 2016 AFL season. [9] Barrett has stated that he feels journalists should be held less responsible for stories that turn out to be false. [10]

During August 2020, Barrett became involved in the Mitch Cleary controversy when he voiced his opinion that the AFL made the right move by standing down fellow journalist Mitch Cleary, at odds with the majority opinion of the AFL community. [11] This opinion was criticized by former AFL player Tim Watson, and Barrett responded by questioning Watson's understanding of journalism, and bringing up the Essendon Football Club supplements saga. [12] Watson responded by declaring Barrett to be "The Voice of Treason" and calling Barrett "beholden to the AFL". [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Damian Barrett". Australian Rules Football. AFL Media. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Ryan, Peter (4 August 2020). "Damian Barrett backs AFL decision to stand down Mitch Cleary". The Age. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 Waterworth, Ben (5 August 2020). "'The Voice of Treason': Tim Watson hits back on radio after Damian Barrett's swipe". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 Naghten, Tom (20 April 2019). "Luke Hodge whacks 'absolute knob' Damian Barrett over Sliding Doors column". Sporting News. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Knox, David. "AFL Media Awards: winners". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Footy's No.1 team big winners". PerthNow. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Age football writers top AFL Media Association awards". The Age. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "2013 Quill award winners". Melbourne Press Club. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  9. ↑ Zita, David (2 April 2020). "Revealed: The moment an AFL coach pinned a journo to the wall of a New York bar". Fox Sports. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. ↑ Esdall, Rudi; Barrett, Damian; Taylor, Brian (27 June 2020). "Brian Taylor And Damian Barrett Clash Over Accountability For Journalists". Triple M. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. ↑ Ryan, Peter (4 August 2020). "Damian Barrett backs AFL decision to stand down Mitch Cleary". The Age. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  12. ↑ Riordan, Joey (5 August 2020). "'The voice of treason': Tim Watson fires back at 'fragile' AFL journo Damian Barrett". Seven News. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Young, Chris (5 August 2020). "'Voice of treason': AFL legend wages war with veteran journo". Yahoo! Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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