Fourth Estate
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.
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1Alison Webber looks at the role of newspapers and how they handle controversial issues, in particular, the Homosexual Law Reform Bill currently before the House.
- Start 0 : 00 : 02
- Finish 0 : 11 : 50
- Duration 11 : 48
Reporters
- Alison Webber (Presenter, Fourth Estate)
Contributors
- Alison Webber (Host)
Associated
- Nelson Evening Mail (Newspaper)
- Fran Wilde (Subject)
- Gisbourne Herald (Newspaper)
- Manawatu Evening Standard (Newspaper)
- New Zealand Truth (Newspaper)
- New Zealand Herald (Newspaper)
- Evening Post (Wellington) (Newspaper)
- The Press (Christchurch) (Newspaper)
- The Dominion (Wellington) (Newspaper)
- New Zealand Times (Newspaper)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Fourth Estate
Date Broadcast
- Friday 24 May 1985
Start Time
- 20 : 15
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
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
- Alison Webber (Presenter)
Contributors
- Larry Podmore (Producer)
Reporters
- Alison Webber (Presenter, Fourth Estate)
Contributors
- Alison Webber (Host)