60 Minutes and Integrity

Read a selection of articles which detail the recent involvement of the Channel Nine
television program 60 Minutes in the child kidnapping/retrieval of Sally Faulkner and Ali
Elamine's children from Lebanon. Make notes on the behaviour of the 60 Minutes
production team and crew, Sally Faulkner, the child retrieval company and Ali Elamine.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/60-minutes-crew-detained-australian-
mother-and-two-children-on-the-run-in-lebanon-amid-bitter-custody-battle-20160407-go0nk2.html

http://www.smh.com.au/national/60-minutes-kidnap-charge-mother-sally-faulkner-was-looking-at-
never-seeing-her-babies-again-20160413-go51j1.html

http://www.smh.com.au/world/60-minutes-judge-declares-case-a-kidnapping-not-a-custody-case-
as-tara-brown-returns-to-court-20160418-go9gfm

http://www.smh.com.au/world/60-minutes-sally-faulkners-estranged-husband-admits-children-
want-to-be-with-mum-20160418-go9b0y.html

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/news-and-current-affairs/60-minutes-crisis-
nine-bats-away-child-stealing-jibe-stays-mum-on-lawyers-claim-it-paid-for-abductions-20160415-
go70ha.html

http://www.smh.com.au/world/60-minutes-ali-elamine-says-if-tables-were-turned-hed-be-called-a-
terrorist-and-shot-on-the-spot-20160418-go9jdd

Analysis

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/news-and-current-affairs/what-was-60-
minutes-doing-in-lebanon-20160410-go2nt1.html

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/60-minutes-put-entertainment-before-journalism-in-lebanon-
professor-says-20160414-go6on5.html

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/60-minutes-update-on-tara-brown-and-crew-
in-beirut-shirks-tough-questions-20160417-go8jeh.html

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/60-minutes-crew-jailed-in-lebanon-deserve-
sympathy-says-abcs-phil-williams-20160415-go7lhj.html

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-kids-are-the-victims-in-the-60-minutes-story-20160419-
goagex

http://www.smh.com.au/world/60-minutes-child-recovery-team-hung-out-to-dry-by-nine-lawyer-
claims-20160420-gobcct

Social Media Response

http://www.smh.com.au/world/little-sympathy-on-social-media-for-freed-60-minutes-crew-
20160420-gobdrh.html

https://twitter.com/search?q=60+minutes+crew&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp
%7Ctwgr%5Esearch

How ethical were 60 minutes actions?

How ethical were Sally Faulkner's actions?

How ethical were Ali Elamine's actions?

Comment on the integrity of those involved. Who do you think behaved with the most
integrity? Who do you think behaved with the least amount of integrity? Did you find it
difficult to come to a decision about this? Why or why not?