Imagine your trauma leads the news. Your private life is then public property. Your anonymity is lost. That’s what it’s like to become an accidental celebrity. Now, the spotlight is turned around. Each weekly episode offers rare media insights from an ordinary Australian who faced an extraordinary event. They expose the tricks of a competitive trade – the relentless pursuits, the manipulation and misrepresentation, the betrayals of truth and trust – with journalist Fiona Reynolds. Learn too why they participated in media coverage. This is the inside story on a shrewd industry that plucks unknowns from obscurity to feed our fascination with adversity and the strength of the human spirit.
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Imagine your trauma leads the news. Your private life is then public property. Your anonymity is lost. That’s what it’s like to become an accidental celebrity. Now, the spotlight is turned around. Each weekly episode offers rare media insights from an ordinary Australian who faced an extraordinary event. They expose the tricks of a competitive trade – the relentless pursuits, the manipulation and misrepresentation, the betrayals of truth and trust – with journalist Fiona Reynolds. Learn too why they participated in media coverage. This is the inside story on a shrewd industry that plucks unknowns from obscurity to feed our fascination with adversity and the strength of the human spirit.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/accidental-celebrity.
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Bruce and Denise Morcombe would do anything to get their 13-year-old son Daniel back after he disappeared in 2003, including sacrificing their privacy to appeal for public help. The couple learnt how the media operates, to secure ongoing coverage.
Music credits:
Theme: Epic Adventure by BlueBirdSound
Dark Secrets (DECISION) by Sascha Ende
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Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 002 by Sascha Ende
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Deeplistening by Lilo Sound
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Breaking News 3 by Sascha Ende
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Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod
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Man Down by Kevin MacLeod
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Moments Of Life by Rafael Krux
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Enter the Maze by Kevin MacLeod
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Rising Tide by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tide
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Into The Light by Rafael Krux
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SFX
Bus arriving and departing by Bone666138 - Freesound.org
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Media credits:
Content supplied and/or licensed for use courtesy of Nine Entertainment Co (incl. The Footage Company Australia / Nine Network Australia), Australian Broadcasting Corporation Library Sales, News Corp Australia and Are Media Pty Limited.
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