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| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Sports journalist |
| Years active | 1990-present |
Damian Barrett is an Australian journalist who works for AFL Media and covers Australian rules football.
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, Footy Classified and on Triple M| radio in Melbourne. In 2018 he joined AFL Media as their chief correspondent. He also co-hosts the long-running The Sounding Board podcast with Craig Hutchison.
Controversies
Over the course of his career, Barrett has gotten into numerous disputes with both AFL players and coaches. 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. Barrett has stated that he feels journalists should be held less responsible for stories that turn out to be false.
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. 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. Watson responded by declaring Barrett to be "The Voice of Treason" and calling Barrett "beholden to the AFL".
References
- "Damian Barrett". Australian Rules Football. AFL Media. January 10, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- Ryan, Peter (August 4, 2020). "Damian Barrett backs AFL decision to stand down Mitch Cleary". The Age. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Waterworth, Ben (August 5, 2020). "'The Voice of Treason': Tim Watson hits back on radio after Damian Barrett's swipe". Fox Sports. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Naghten, Tom (April 20, 2019). "Luke Hodge whacks 'absolute knob' Damian Barrett over Sliding Doors column". Sporting News. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- Zita, David (April 2, 2020). "Revealed: The moment an AFL coach pinned a journo to the wall of a New York bar". Fox Sports. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- Esdall, Rudi; Barrett, Damian; Taylor, Brian (June 27, 2020). "Brian Taylor And Damian Barrett Clash Over Accountability For Journalists". Triple M. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- Ryan, Peter (August 4, 2020). "Damian Barrett backs AFL decision to stand down Mitch Cleary". The Age. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- Riordan, Joey (August 5, 2020). "'The voice of treason': Tim Watson fires back at 'fragile' AFL journo Damian Barrett". Seven News. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- Young, Chris (August 5, 2020). "'Voice of treason': AFL legend wages war with veteran journo". Yahoo! Sport. Retrieved August 10, 2020.