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Tash Jayasinghe
CibbuanoFrontline - Divide the Community, Multiply the Ratings
April 13th 2007 06:29
Episode: 2.7 ‘Divide the Community, Multiply the Ratings’
What Happens: Dom gets a tipoff about some Croatians attacking Serbians and the Frontline crew manage to get exclusive footage. Sam is keen to stir up the issue some more in order to drag the story out over more nights of the show.
The Issues/Cliches of Current Affairs television: Slow news days. Ethnic violence. Show hosts getting perks from companies for endorsing their products on air.
Elliot-Watch: Doesn’t appear.
Celebrities: None appear.
Celebrity mentions: Jack Thompson.
Quotes:
MARTIN DI STASIO: Emma, you got anything yet?
EMMA: A woman’s written a book on the joy of turning 60.
MARTIN DI STASIO: Keep looking.
(A few moments later, Emma still looking through newspaper for stories
EMMA: You know those triplets who were born three years ago?
MARTIN DI STASIO: Uh-huh.
EMMA: Well… they’ve turned three.
SAM: We have an ethical duty to make sure it’s seen by as many people as possible.
EMMA: So we distribute it to all networks?
SAM: I’ll rephrase the ethical duty – it must be seen by as many people as possible provided they’re watching Frontline.
SAM: A what?
EMMA: A brawl in the carpark after the show.
DOM: That’s really bad.
SAM: I’ll tell you what’s bad, the fact that we didn’t get it on tape, dammit.
SAM: What’s better than two psycho wogs in the studio? Fifty psycho wogs.
MARTIN DI STASIO: What about the fireworks?
SAM: Hey… what if, in addition to our various ethnic guests, we put someone else in the audience.
MARTIN DI STASIO: Who?
SAM: Someone who’s guaranteed to shit-stir. Someone who can create ill-feeling. Someone… who was there on the day.
MARTIN DI STASIO: Me?
SAM: You’re a journalist, you’re an eye-witness…
MARTIN DI STASIO: …and a professional shit-stirrer.
(In forum full of arguing Serbs and Croats)
MIKE MOORE: Martin, what’s your view?
MARTIN DI STASIO: Thanks Mike, and yes I was there the other day, obviously I’ve been listening to the debate and the Serbs say it was the Croatians’ fault and the Croatians blame the Serbs. But, in my opinion, it’s the Serbs’ fault.
(The forum erupts violently)
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