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Originally posted by Donut:
here are some of his awards. People can draw their own conclusions about his merit as a journalist:
1966 Descriptive Writer of the Year
1967 Reporter of the Year
1967 Journalist of the Year
1970 International Reporter of the Year
1974 News Reporter of the Year
1977 Campaigning Journalist of the Year
1979 Journalist of the Year
1979-80 UN Media Peace Prize, Australia
1980-81 UN Media Peace Prize, Gold Medal, Australia
1979 TV Times Readers' Award
1990 The George Foster Peabody Award, USA
1991 American Television Academy Award ('Emmy')
1991 British Academy of Film and Television Arts - The Richard Dimbleby Award
1990 Reporters San Frontiers Award, France
1995 International de Television Geneve Award
I believe he was born in Sydney BTW 
Michael Jackson made some great music in the past. Doesn't mean his new album is relevant or even 'good' does it?
I stand by what I said. A journalist is only as good as his last article. If he's out of the loop, he's out of the know.
I do have a signed copy of 'distant voices' BTW. Also, my mother-in-law would say I'm speaking heresy...
...but there you go.