{"id":496241,"date":"2026-02-22T06:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/496241\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T06:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:25:10","slug":"media-personalities-go-head-to-head-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/496241\/","title":{"rendered":"Media personalities go head-to-head – AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AFL<\/a> journalist Jon Anderson has taken aim at popular caller Jason Bennett, following his axing from Channel 7.<\/p>\n

In a column for the Herald Sun on Sunday, Anderson wrote: “Maybe it came down to teamwork, where callers are expected to roughly share actual on-air time when calling.”<\/p>\n

Bennett quickly hit back at Anderson on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n

“You’d expect a professional journalist to call & ask,” Bennett wrote.<\/p>\n

“It’s really not that hard. Austereo bought 7 & want to promote their own people, which is totally understandable. To blindly guess that it’s performance-related is most disappointing, malicious & flat out wrong.”<\/p>\n

The Austereo references comes as Jack Heverin, a member of the company, was promoted to Channel 7’s broadcast team for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

It comes after Bennett released the following statement on X on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Since I was 4, my dream has been to call @7AFL. <\/a>Realising that dream over the past 11 yrs has been a great thrill. Thanks to all on both sides of the camera who supported me. Best of luck to the team for ’26 & thx for making the dreams of a starry-eyed 4-yr-old fan come true.<\/p>\n

“So, what’s next? 2026 will be busy as I continue as the @VAFA_HQ <\/a>Broadcast & Content Manager, and I’m in discussions about some exciting doco projects. So if you’re a production company or network looking for compelling stories and formats, hit me up. I’ve got a long list.<\/p>\n

“My final thanks is to the fans. Ultimately, I’m just a fan who found his way into the box. My main aim is to help u enjoy the game, stay out of the way & let the moments speak. The love I’ve felt on social media over the past 11 yrs hasn’t gone unnoticed. Thanks – it means a lot.”<\/p>\n

Get set for the footy with the FREE Zero Hanger 2026 AFL Season Guide!<\/a> Packed with 150+ pages of player profiles, team previews, insights and analysis, the 2026 AFL Season Guide<\/a> is built for fans who want the full picture. Download your free Season Guide HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFL journalist Jon Anderson has taken aim at popular caller Jason Bennett, following his axing from Channel 7.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-496241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}