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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 analyses the clichés and habits of thought projected by the media in New Zealand. Do they over-simplify complicated issues in order to make them easier for the public to understand? Or is it more about fitting the story into a tight timeframe that sees the nuances and difficulties of certain stories ignored? Are facts ignored to make stories dramatic and evocative?

    • Start 0 : 00 : 15
    • Finish 00 : 11 : 46
    • Duration 11 : 31
    Reporters
    • Brian Priestley (Presenter, Fourth Estate)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Fourth Estate
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 22 April 1988
Start Time
  • 21 : 30
Finish Time
  • 21 : 45
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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