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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]

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, 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]

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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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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