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Friday Flashback: Paul Barry interviews Donald McDonald
When Media Watch host once asked the ABC Chairman about the ABC Managing Director, it cost him his job.
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In 2001, a Media Watch interview by Paul Barry ended up costing him his job.
Barry had conducted a robust interview with ABC chairman Donald McDonald, in which he questioned if the Board still supported managing director Jonathan Shier, who was locked in a funding battle with government.
As his final episode for 2000 he signed off saying,”We hope we’ll be back next year on your ABC.”
But it was not to be, with Shier subsequently axing the program and replacing it with (Stuart) Littlemore.
Shier eventually resigned from the ABC a year later with Media Watch reinstated in 2002 with new host David Marr.
Barry, who is the show’s longest-running host, returned to the chair in 2013.
He departs on Monday.
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