Pot and Prejudice: Australian Media Coverage of the Corby Saga

John Schwartz points out that the media coverage of the Schapelle Corby trial should figure prominently in the Australian media textbooks published in the next decade. Schwartz provides a revealing analysis of the media coverage of the Corby case. 'It is stunning to consider the tonnes of newsprint and hours and hours of broadcasting material devoted to Schapelle Corby's arrest in October 2004 and her subsequent trial and conviction in May 2005.' The article provides parallels with the Lindy Chamberlain Case, and a number of revealing contexts for interpretation: relations between Australia and Indonesia, Channel 9 coverage and chequebook journalism in the coverage of the Corby Trial, and the print media and talkback radio coverage of the case.