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1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 min. 59 sec.) ; 344264055 bytes |
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*Coarse Language*On 8th May 1989, Stuart Littlemore, a journalist turned barrister, was unleashed on the Australian media. Newsrooms all around the country often stopped for 15 minutes at 9:15pm on Monday nights to see who would be the latest target of Littlemore's attention on Media Watch. No one was safe.This program tracks the colourful history of the program over two decades. Over hundreds of episodes, Media Watch's seven presenters have evoked the fury of editors and media stars, embarrassed sloppy journalists, and caused occasional consternation among ABC managers. The program has forced a formal inquiry into the dealings of radio personalities who offered comment for cash. It has won Australia's top journalism prize. It was temporarily axed by the ABC. It has shortened the careers of the unscrupulous and exposed conflicts of interest, misrepresentation, plagiarism, abuse of power, lies and straight out fraud. Its fearless reputation has also attracted a deeply loyal audience.Media Watch 20 Years: Stuff Ups, Beat Ups and Barneys revisits some of the best, funniest and most important moments in the Media Watch archive. It includes interviews with each of the program's seven presenters and some of its executive producers. It examines the role of Media Watch in exposing media malpractice. And it candidly tackles criticisms of the program itself.Some of Media Watch's most vociferous critics are interviewed - among them, Melbourne radio host Derryn Hinch; The Australian's editor-in-chief, Chris Mitchell; and radio legend John Laws. Hinch takes a swipe at Stuart Littlemore for being "a bit supercilious, a bit holier than thou", Mitchell criticises the selection of Media Watch presenters and Laws describes the program as "vicious" and "unfounded".Twenty years on and what has changed? Media Watch's current presenter Jonathan Holmes says the biggest change is the growth of online journalism which many say is threatening the future of newspapers and quality journalism. PRODUCTION DETAILS:Producer: Janine Cohen; Executive Producer: Jo Puccini |
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Broadcast 2009-11-17 at 23:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Broadcast journalism -- Psychological aspects.
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Journalism -- Historiography.
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Journalism -- Social aspects.
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Journalistic ethics.
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Littlemore, Stuart.
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Online journalism.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Cohen, Janine, host
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Holmes, Jonathan, cast
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