WEBVTT - MINI! Brittany speaks out about disrespectful journalism

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<v Speaker 1>Now, guys, I don't usually get mad, and I want

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<v Speaker 1>to preface this conversation with that, but this weekend, yesterday today,

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<v Speaker 1>I was mad. Something really ticks me off and it

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<v Speaker 1>was an article that was written. So over the weekend

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<v Speaker 1>we all went to the ACCRA Awards, which is like

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<v Speaker 1>the Logis for radio, the Oscars for radio. So anyone

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<v Speaker 1>in literally anyone involved in any aspect of radio across

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<v Speaker 1>the entire country get together for this big celebration.

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<v Speaker 2>It was one.

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<v Speaker 1>Hundred years Laura, you were up for an award for

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<v Speaker 1>the best New Radio Talent, so were you?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I was up for the awards, so we were

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<v Speaker 2>against each other. I was nominated for best Hairline.

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<v Speaker 1>Best But it's the radio night of night and for

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<v Speaker 1>you and I to be up for an award as

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<v Speaker 1>amazing as like best New Talent in Radio, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>I was chuffed with the nomination.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like no expectations, but like, wow, that's a really

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<v Speaker 2>cool thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yea.

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<v Speaker 1>There were only two articles written on the Daily Mail,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the meetia that everyone goes to, right unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>but the only two articles written about the entire event.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying about me and about anyone, but about

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<v Speaker 1>the entire across event, and one of them was Jackie O.

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<v Speaker 1>Henderson as in Kyle and Jackie O. Jackie OH Henderson

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<v Speaker 1>shows off her weight loss as she leads celebrity arrivals.

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<v Speaker 1>So I mean she's the most she has won the

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<v Speaker 1>most awards in radio out of anyone ever. She's one

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<v Speaker 1>of the best radio hosts ever. But the only comment

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<v Speaker 1>was her weight loss.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's this idea that like her weight loss is

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<v Speaker 4>her biggest achievement because it seems to just be the

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<v Speaker 4>number one thing that is mentioned in every article at

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<v Speaker 4>the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>It's also the way they say it. She shows off

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<v Speaker 1>her weight loss. Nope, she just was there.

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<v Speaker 3>She was just talking venue with her daughter, of.

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<v Speaker 1>All people, she literally just walked in with her daughter.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the article, the second articles about myself. Now, these

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<v Speaker 1>are both written by the same journalists. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>say that, and it is a female. The article for

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<v Speaker 1>me has the headline Brittany Hockley risks a wardrobe malfunction

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<v Speaker 1>in extremely revealing frock at the thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>Fourth at CRA Awards.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, just in like the first little paragraph, I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to read you some highlights. This mentioned nothing about

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<v Speaker 1>any of my career or what I'm doing, which if

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna write an article, I would love it to

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<v Speaker 1>be about that because we work hard. Nothing about the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that we're up forh nominations, Laura. This is some

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<v Speaker 1>of the highlighted things in the article. Brittany went to

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<v Speaker 1>daring lengths to stand out in a very revealing frock

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<v Speaker 1>that left little to the imagination. She risked a wardrobe

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<v Speaker 1>malfunction as.

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<v Speaker 2>She flashed the flesh.

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<v Speaker 1>She left little to the imagination and put her ample

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<v Speaker 1>bust on display and clinging her dress close to her physique.

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<v Speaker 1>Laura put a little less skin on display, but still

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<v Speaker 1>ensured her trim pins were highlighted in the frock's.

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<v Speaker 2>Thigh high split. That is criptive. That is literally the article.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, firstly, it's unbelievable that that is newsworthy.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I think that that's a number one thing totally,

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<v Speaker 2>britt I.

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<v Speaker 4>Mean I saw this. I was mad for you, so

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<v Speaker 4>I can only imagine how mad you felt waking up

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<v Speaker 4>the next day. And the most the center of attention

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<v Speaker 4>from the night was you having cleavage.

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<v Speaker 1>One hundred percent. And it's a beautiful dress that I

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely loved. It's a floor length gown. I have breasts,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have a butt, and I'm curvy, so anything

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<v Speaker 1>I wear is going to fit my body. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>hide that I have breast and I shouldn't have to

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<v Speaker 1>hide that I have breasts now normally, And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what this says about my internalized sexism, but normally

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<v Speaker 1>I would see these articles because there every second day, Right,

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<v Speaker 1>this isn't a one off, and I would scroll past

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<v Speaker 1>it and be like, that's disappointing. They didn't mention anything

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<v Speaker 1>about maccolades or nominations or work, and I would scroll on.

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<v Speaker 1>The reason this one stuck with me is my partner Ben,

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<v Speaker 1>who lives on the other side of the world. We're

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<v Speaker 1>on different time zones, so if there's a big event

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<v Speaker 1>like this, he'll often google me just to see what

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<v Speaker 1>had happened.

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<v Speaker 2>So he'll google us. Oh, I wonder how Britt went

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<v Speaker 2>at the awards.

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<v Speaker 4>He wanted to find out whether you won or how

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<v Speaker 4>we were He did, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly how you did, how I did?

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<v Speaker 1>What happened?

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<v Speaker 2>And he had messaged me the article. I hadn't seen it.

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<v Speaker 1>He messaged me and he said, I, hey, love, like

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<v Speaker 1>I just tried to find out about last night.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's weird.

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<v Speaker 1>The only article I can find on the whole event

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<v Speaker 1>is on your boobs and your body and how did

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<v Speaker 1>you go? And the comment When I heard that from him,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, that is so disgusting that the only thing

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<v Speaker 1>that they're going to write about is my bras and

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<v Speaker 1>my butt and nothing else. And my partner can't even

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<v Speaker 1>find out how I went because no one cares, right,

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<v Speaker 1>No one cares about a woman's job or work ethic.

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<v Speaker 1>No one cares about that. They care about how much

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<v Speaker 1>skins she shows.

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<v Speaker 3>It also goes to show that you were so desensitized

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<v Speaker 3>to these articles that you didn't even really It took

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<v Speaker 3>someone else to see it and to point it out

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<v Speaker 3>for you to go, oh my god, I see it now.

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<v Speaker 4>This is not a new thing. And I think the

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<v Speaker 4>big part of this why is so enraging is that this,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean this specific journalist. They have written very similar

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<v Speaker 4>articles about the women who were at the Brownlow event recently.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, there are so many if you just go

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<v Speaker 4>back through the list, and it's like, why is it

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<v Speaker 4>that the most important thing there is to write about

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<v Speaker 4>is about a woman's cleavage or the whole event that

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<v Speaker 4>is the one thing that stood out. You know what,

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<v Speaker 4>I think that this comes down to. On one hand,

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<v Speaker 4>we can be really angry about the journalism we should be,

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<v Speaker 4>but if this is what's getting clicks, I think we

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<v Speaker 4>all need a little a little bit more conscious about

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<v Speaker 4>what are the articles that we're clicking on. For as

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<v Speaker 4>long as we click on them, people are going to

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<v Speaker 4>write them. So it is also chicken in the egg

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<v Speaker 4>in this situation as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, I'm sure you're all on the edge of your seat.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't win, but thanks for asking. Also, I think

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<v Speaker 1>they're really look great, so don't worry.

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<v Speaker 3>So can I be honest? The real travesty here is

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<v Speaker 3>that I was cropped out of the photo, and to

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<v Speaker 3>be honest, it really gutted me. Was that was That's

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<v Speaker 3>the real travesty.

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<v Speaker 2>Now your finger made it in