If you've not been following the scandal in Britain, where the ITV network has received a massive fine for faking phone-in competitions, take the time to Stephen Brook comments on the latest chapter in a long-running saga here. Brooks's Media Guardian colleague Roy Greenslade also has his say here. Of course, there is great potential for similar things to happen in Australia, where Big Brother evictions and other TV events are decided by audience phone-ins and text messages which make the shows' producers quite a lot of money. But can we be assured that everything is above board, or would an audit or inquiry turn up something abnormal in the way the votes are collated? Similarly, when a radio station says it's going to take the fourth caller for a competition, is that always the case? What if the producer discovers off-air that the fourth caller isn't "good talent" - perhaps they dither, or stutter, sound unsympathetic or aren't from the station's core demographic? I'm already aware of a few tricks of the producer's trade, but anybody from the industry who wants to share some specific dirty secrets can do so anonymously via the comments or feedback links.