6 questions for... Mark Little
Mark Little is a presenter for Prime Time and Campaign Daily.
We asked him the following six questions:
Who/what will you be covering during the campaign?
I'll be desk-bound presenting Prime Time and Campaign Daily (a broken leg ruled me out of any campaign travel).
Nothing so scary and fun as presenting live television during an election campaign.
Is it harder or easier to cover politics today compared to the past, and why?
The campaign news cycle spins faster then ever before, meaning a story can catch fire or disappear in the blink of an eye. During the first election campaign I covered back in 1992, there was time to breathe before the next story broke; the day's events didn't really register in the public consciousness until they had appeared on the Six One News.
Now the campaign is in 24-hour continuous motion. As a consequence, there is a danger that issues that are catching fire in the media are not the issues catching fire on the doorstep.
Ironically - for all the extra coverage - we may be less connected to the local dynamics of the election, which ultimately will decide who forms the next government.
What's your all-time favourite election moment?
Has to be the election of Moosajee Bhamjee to the Dail in 1992. People like us live for that kind of election upset.
What's your earliest political memory?
Watching the 1977 election night coverage and realising that politics could actually be as exciting as the World Cup.
Favourite political movie?
All the President's Men.
Favourite political book?
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail by Hunter S Thompson.
Dr Moosajee Bhamjee
'People like us live for that kind of election upset'
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