Title The telecard affair : diary of a media lynching / Gerard Charles

Published Greensborough, Vic. : Steele Wilson Books, 2001

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	079.4 Cha/Tad		AVAILABLE

Description 230 pages ; 22 cm Summary On 10 October 2000, the Canberra Times broke a story about the misuse of Peter Reith's government-funded telecard. Unauthorised calls to the tune of $50000 had been rung up on the Workplace Relations Minister's telecard after he had given his son the card's PIN number. Highlights a merciless media in pursuit of sensational news Analysis Ethics Federal issue Journalism Media & communication studies Members remuneration and allowances Reith, Peter, MP Telecard affair Subject Reith, Peter, 1950- Reith, Peter, 1950- -- In mass media. Journalistic ethics -- Australia. Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Australia. Mass media -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 1990- Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 1990-2001 LC no. 2001411258 ISBN 1876262109

  Permalink