10 News+ host Denham Hitchcock hits back at viewers criticising his new current affairs show amid low ratings
The reporter, who was announced as the face of the show alongside Amelia Brace in June, responded to two followers who left brutal comments on his Instagram page.
One social media user accused the presenter of sharing 'fake news' via the fresh news platform.
However, the 48-year-old didn't hold back, asking: 'Which stories have you seen on this program that have been fake?'
Another troll slammed Denham for his vaccine stance, writing: 'How are we supposed to believe you @denhamhitchcock?
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'You were vaccine injured and decided to take a payout over the truth! At a time when millions of people needed popular voices to tell the truth … you tried … then took off on your yacht,' the person wrote.
Denham, who was hospitalised in 2021 after experiencing a rare side effect called pericarditis following his initial two Pfizer jabs, took aim at the accusation in a fiery response.
'What payout you tool? I quit my job and went sailing to spend time with my family.'
He went on: 'I am still looking into all this – I just don't believe everything I read like you do. It takes time to prove this stuff. Not just rant. Grow up.'
Earlier this month, it was reported that 10 News+ had been savaged in the ratings following its premiere.
The current affairs program, slotted in to replace The Project after it was sensationally axed following 16 years on air, was watched by a paltry 291,000 people, according to ratings released by OzTAM.
Channel Nine and Channel Seven dominated the time slot, with 7News attracting 1.5million viewers, and 9News following closely with 1.45million viewers.
10News+'s figures only got worse, dropping to 244,000 by the following Tuesday and sliding further still to 205,000 by midweek.
Later in the week, ratings kept skidding into oblivion, with just 159,000 national viewers tuning in.
By Friday, the situation was decidedly grim, with only 152,000 viewers switching on the in-depth news program.
The first night figures shocked industry insiders, after the show heavily promoted its investigation into Australian mother Debbie Voulgaris, who has been jailed for 16 years after smuggling 7kg of drugs into Taiwan.
The show's hosts opened the episode by telling the audience what they can expect from the hard-hitting program.
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