Australian '' 60 Minutes '' reporter Richard Carleton sued '' Media Watch '' over allegations of plagiarism . The judge found that the allegations were untrue and declined to award any damages . The ABC World Today reported on 18 December 2002 : " The veteran reporter was horrified to see Media Watch accuse him of plagiarising a BBC documentary on the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica for his Channel Nine program . But today a judge ruled that even though the program did defame Mr Richard Carleton and two colleagues , it was fair comment and no damages were awarded . " This ability to generate controversy led to the temporary cancellation of the show . In 2000 , host Paul Barry was controversially sacked and , in 2001 , the program itself was axed by Jonathan Shier , the head of the ABC . However , in early 2002 , after Shier was himself sacked in similarly controversial circumstances , the show returned with David Marr as the new host . While '' Media Watch '' was off air , former host , Stuart Littlemore , presented a replacement program , '' Littlemore '' , that also examined issues about the media , running for 13 episodes between March and May 2001
massacre at Srebrenica
Srebrenica massacre
Media Watch (TV program)