Editing Media Watch (TV program) (section)

==Cancellation and return==
''Media Watch''{{'}}s ability to generate controversy led to the temporary cancellation of the show. In 2000, 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.<ref name="smh1">{{Cite news |last=Tabakoff |first=Jenny |date=2002-04-02 |title=The watchdog barks again |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |publisher=Fairfax Media|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/the-watchdog-barks-again-20020402-gdf5y4.html |access-date=2007-12-01}}</ref> 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.<ref name="smh1" />