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Column Comment in the 60s and News Stand in the 70s established a tradition of print media scrutiny by TV. Fourth Estate succeeded them with a brief expanded to include radio, TV and magazines. For 12 minutes on Friday nights, no media outlet (and especially not broadcaster TVNZ) was safe from the ruminations of journalism lecturer Brian Priestley, along with John Kennedy, editor of the Catholic weekly The Tablet, and guest presenters. Only brief programme excerpts and graphics of the newspaper articles under discussion provide visual relief.

  • 1Brian Priestley takes a critical look at the media, with special reference to the Gary Hart sex scandal in the United States. Hart was forced to abandon his bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination when the media began reporting details of an alleged affair. How far should the media intrude into the private lives of public figures?

    • Start 00 : 00 : 29
    • Finish 00 : 11 : 37
    • Duration 11 : 08
    Reporters
    • Brian Priestley (Presenter, Fourth Estate)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Fourth Estate
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 15 May 1987
Start Time
  • 21 : 00
Finish Time
  • 21 : 15
Duration
  • 15:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
  • Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Column Comment in the 60s and News Stand in the 70s established a tradition of print media scrutiny by TV. Fourth Estate succeeded them with a brief expanded to include radio, TV and magazines. For 12 minutes on Friday nights, no media outlet (and especially not broadcaster TVNZ) was safe from the ruminations of journalism lecturer Brian Priestley, along with John Kennedy, editor of the Catholic weekly The Tablet, and guest presenters. Only brief programme excerpts and graphics of the newspaper articles under discussion provide visual relief.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Commentary
Hosts
  • Brian Priestley (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Brian Priestley (Presenter, Fourth Estate)
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