Seven Confirms: Anna Coren Not Actually Serious Journalist After All

It could be our medication, but we’re starting to feel a teeny bit of sympathy for Anna Coren. Installed in the wake of the popular Miss Today Tonight, Naomi Robson, ridiculed constantly, criticised from all angles – and now, even from within her own network.

You may have noticed that over the past few days, those wacky Chaser boys have been locked in battle with Seven, as the network tried to gain an injunction to finally stop the satirical show from having digs at Today Tonight. Well, far from shielding Coren from further humiliation, it’s opened her up to more:

The credibility of Today Tonight host Anna Coren has been officially declared a joke, after her own management this week successfully argued in court that she’s regarded as just a “performer.”

The demeaning job description for the former US correspondent, which emerged in legal documents yesterday, was the backhanded way Channel 7 was able to block The Chaser’s War on Everything from airing a stunt involving the star during last night’s show.

In an expensive bid to stop the skit via a Supreme Court injunction, Seven’s lawyer Dauid Sibtain stated Coren’s involvement as a “performer” meant the ABC would be breaking copyright laws if they reproduced her image without her employer’s consent.

Hang on, though. Did anyone ever think she was actually a real, live journalist? All she really does is spout dribble at the start of each show/segment, and then nod her head and say things like, “Mmm… I wouldn’t want to live there.”

Even her own TT bio is vague about her actual journalistic experience beyond presenting news updates (which, let’s face it, is about on par with the weather girl and the traffic helicopter).

At least now that she’s a confirmed “performer” we can look forward to seeing her on Dancing With The Stars and It Takes Two, because no one with a serious career ever shows up on those two!