Mediawatch. 2003-10-12. 9:00-9:30

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2003
Reference
30507
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Year
2003
Reference
30507
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Categories
Magazine format radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio news programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:31:37
Credits
RNZ Collection
Brown, Russell, Presenter
ROBIE, David, Interviewee, University of the South Pacific
Singh, Shailendra, Interviewee, University of the South Pacific
National Radio (N.Z.) (estab. 1986, closed 2007), Broadcaster

Programme begins at Tk 1, 07'00", after the 9am news etc.
Topics: Threats against independent journalist sources not unusual in the South Pacific - an interview with Pacific journalism review editor, David Robie, along with Shailendra Singh of the University of the South Pacific.
18'00" Update by Natasha Utting on an item from February 2003 on a plan by the trustees of the Bill Toft Memorial Fund to transfer the remaining money to the Broadcasting School in Christchurch instead of providing an annual award for a deserving young broadcaster. Broadcaster Sue Scott has since headed a move to successfully reinstate and revitalise the award.
22'50" Students at the Western Institute of Technology Journalism School analyse and comment on the media reaction to Paul Holmes' "cheeky darkie" remarks.
29'05" Comments that viewers of U.S. commercial television especially Rupert Murdoch outlets, are more likely to hold erroneous ideas about the war in Iraq than other viewers.