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March 9th 2007 09:17
Episode: 1.11 ‘Smaller Fish to Fry’
What Happens: Mike is disparaged by criticism from MediaWatch that Frontline only goes after easy targets. So when a disgraced out-of-work journalist gives him a hot lead to a big story, he jumps on it and won’t take no for an answer.
The Issues/Cliches of Current Affairs television: Shonky conmen. Current Affairs shows going for easy targets.
Elliot-Watch: No appearance.
Celebrities: Stuart Littlemore appears.
Celebrity mentions: Bob Hawke. Kerry Packer. Conrad Black. Michael Hutchence. The Prime Minister (Paul Keating) is also involved in Brooke’s subplot, but he isn’t mentioned by name.
Quotes:
BRIAN: Great. We get a 13 year old, wire him up with a camera and get someone to sell him smokes.
EMMA: That’s entrapment.
BRIAN: No, it’s current affairs.
EMMA: They wanna make sure that we’re gonna ask questions the Prime Minister’s going to be comfortable with. Like – we won’t raise any inappropriate issues.
BROOKE: Well, I hate politics – I don’t know anything about it.
EMMA: Yeah… that’s a competitive advantage.
BROOKE: So when are they gonna say yes?
EMMA: When they’re absolutely sure it’s gonna be a puff piece.
STU: Well, you gotta label these tapes mate, otherwise things go missing.
MARTIN DI STASIO: I guess that’s why my videos go missing at home.
BRIAN: Where’d you get all this stuff?
MIKE MOORE: Can’t reveal my sources Brian.
BRIAN: Bob Foster.
MIKE MOORE: How’d you know that?
BRIAN: (taps folder Mike has given him) His name was on the front.
MIKE MOORE: (tuts) I told him to use code names!
BOB FOSTER: Crusading doesn’t pay.
MIKE MOORE: I thought that was crime.
BOB FOSTER: Oh, crime pays beautifully.
BRIAN: Our audience simply doesn’t have the concentration span.
MIKE MOORE: (playing with a bit of stationary) …
BRIAN: Mike?
MIKE MOORE (looks up) Sorry.
BRIAN: We’ve got three minutes to do a story. Five if it involves nudity.
BRIAN: Now we know how Woodward and Bernstein felt.
MIKE MOORE: Who?
BRIAN: They broke Watergate.
MIKE MOORE: Oh, right – Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
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