Broadcast News Part 2 - 60 Minutes 1989

As timely today as when this "60 Minutes" report went to air more than 20 years ago .. the debate over censorship and what we should be able to watch on Australian Television and now the Internet.

Airing in 1989 .. this is Part 2 of a 2 part piece titled "Broadcast News" that aired on "60 Minutes" and was hosted by the late Richard Carleton exploring whether censorship by the TV producers at the TV networks across our country is reflective of what we can and should be able to watch on television and the daily or nightly news broadcasts.

Timely at this point in March 2011 - as we watch scenes of bloodied and dead bodies from Libya but are not permitted to watch a schoolyard bully in Sydney get his payback from the kid he was bullying.

We are yet to see the full human toll of the Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Japan but do we need to see it ?

Great debate lets have more of it .. but has anything really changed in 20 years .. I think not.

European viewers are still treated like they are adults while Australian viewers are still apparently impressionable teenagers or even children by viewing standards.

Tried and true veterans of the business like Sydney's Ian Cook (News Director and Producer) and Melbourne's David Johnston (Journalist and Anchor) feature in this story.

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[GianTheMan91]

news is not about ratings. they need to show this. otherwise people become acclimatized to death and massacre as appectable. which it aint.

[unholyangel55]

I agree with the interviewee, There is no point to show this mans death on live television. It's dis respectful and people don't need to see that on T.V.

[AccordionManiac]

fascinating... you won't see that on 60 minutes nowadays (I think?)