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01 October 2007
08 October 2007
15 October 2007
22 October 2007
Episode 1
Automation Not a Sensation Plastic Too Fantastic (Part two) Thou Shalt Not Plagiarise Tacky Tribute
Episode 2
Reporting the Bushfires Seven's "Call for Calm" Opinion or Hate-Mongering?
Episode 3
ABC Oversells Young Australian of the Year Smeared Beat Up Opportunity "Seized" Bowled Over
Episode 4
Bonsai Muddle;Not So Happy Snap; Reporting the Bushfires (Part 2); How Not To Bring Up Baby; Cat Takes a Ride
Episode 5
Taking The Wrong Road; Gratuitous Posting; Project Logies; A Dog of a Yarn; Partial Reporting
Episode 6
Women's Glib; Hypocrisy Unlimited; Go Sea Eagles. Go Nine; Lock, Stock and Airfares
Episode 7
Tabloid Trading
Episode 8
Under The Weather; Santa’s Late Delivery; Freedom of Information; Chinese Whispers; Chairman Ron (again); What’s In
Episode 9
Yesterday’s News; Mugged By The Media; Gambling On The Stats; Who’s The Gawker?
Episode 10
Flinders Ranges Move West; It’s Just Not Cricket; Slow Learners; Making Ads Fun; Automation Sensation Hits Sydney
Episode 11
Badge of Honour; Yours Not So Sincerely; Shark Danger Non Alert; Project 8; Another Badge of Honour
Episode 12
SBS News' Technical Woes; The Problem With “Illegals”; Popoff Pops Up Again; Val and Macca’s Chats
Episode 13
Swine Flu Fever; Four Corners and the Phuong Ngo Case
Episode 14
Eighties Pop Band Rules Fiji; Messing With Missiles; Karl’s Crystal Ball; Suspect Revelation; Bikie Exclusive or Bikie
Episode 15
A Croc of Priorities; Calling From the Sidelines; Sour Dealings; Where's My Autocue?
Episode 16
Dust Storm Heads West; Jazzi No; All Aboard The Gravox Train; PM's Trail Goes Cold; Alan's Missing Questions
Episode 17
Barrie’s Sunday Morning Rap; Regional "Churnalism"; Aussie Travellers Beware; Private Account Goes Public; Want Longer
Episode 18
A Baby Worth Clicking On; Daily Mercury's Snazzy Headlines; Spider-Ad; How Do You Air A Bad Joke?
Episode 19
Armed Dingo; There's No Other Store; Spruiking The Punt; Hinch's Hunch; Reshuffle Muddle
Episode 20
Fed Up Flu; Inappropriate Match Up; A Nation of Pot Heads?; Underbelly Overkill; Hello Madonna... Are you there?; Fake E
Episode 21
Journalists and Their Sources; One Death Too Many
Episode 22
A Super Problem; Tennis, Lies and Videotape; Reporting Michael Jackson's Death
Episode 23
A Chequered Career; The Perils of Facebook; The ABC of Logos; Not So Happy Aussies; Dangers of Recycling
Episode 24
The Daily Telegraph's Poh-llercoaster; Making Mincemeat of Media Patsies; The Sums of Swine Flu; A Squabble over Squatti
Episode 25
It's All In the Stars; Moon Walkers Mix-Up; Terrorist Attack, Hoax or Unexploded Bomb?; Pursuing the Victim; Undiplomati
Episode 26
Fun - Kyle and Jackie O Style; Old Laws Rewritten
Episode 27
Joke or Impertinence?; Late Edition Arrives Early; Journalists and Their Sources (part 2); TEN's Real Estate Trifecta
Episode 28
The Right Priorities; Paying to Clear A Name - Again; Gusmao v The ABC; Behind The News Is Ahead Of The Times
Episode 29
Welles Or-Well; Censorship or Common Sense?; Jetstar Stars on Seven; Con's Conflict
Episode 30
Dan's Hair Suit; Who is Winnie Nelson?; Rumour-Fuelled Ratings Chase; Aboard the Gastric Band-wagon; Front Page Exploita
Episode 31
Who Found Tim Holding?; Private Life or Public Scandal?; The Media in Mullumbimby
Episode 32
Massaging the Headlines; Left and Right of the ABC; Saying Sorry Twice Over; Juvenile Injustice; Geography Lessons Neede
Episode 33
Giving the PM a Bad Rep; Hot On The Trail; It Looks Like An Ad... But Is It?; Who's The Monkey?
Episode 34
Getting High on the Numbers; Boasting Bludger or Gullible Prey?; Deception Detection Deficiency; Florid Mathematics
Episode 35
Saucy Cover; Embedding in Afghanistan; Flashy Promo; Advanced Spin... Yeah Yeah!
Episode 36
Unwanted PET; Kim Jong the Second; What's In a Draft Code?; Heard the One about the Woman Driver?; Too-confronting Art
Episode 37
Breakfast Wind-Up; End Of The Free Ride
Episode 38
Welfare and Refugees; Regional Dis-Content
Episode 39
Supercilious, Moi?; Mistaken Identity All Round; Nine Delivers A Shock; The "Publishers' Poodle" Bites
Episode 40
Where's the Weather?; Building The Pay Wall; Mystery Punter A Hoaxer; Loveless Fake Attracts the Media; Daily Tele Pwned
episode 1
Lord of the Airwaves; Spinning the Science; "Absolutely" Front Page News
episode 2
The Shrinking Environmental Disaster; When The Quote Fits; Regrets, Seven Has Few; On the Lap-Bandwagon
episode 3
Eddie Skates On Thin Ice; Producers Demand More Australian Content; Incredible Find, Credibility Questioned; When Anothe
episode 4
What The Puck?; Elementary Mistake Serial Prest; Miffed Minister's Gag; Passport To Identity Theft; Locked, Loaded and W
episode 5
On 2SM Things "Not OK"; Identity Fully Revealed; Pot Holes in Crack Alley
episode 6
From Victim to Hussy; Bet It's An Ad; Punting on the TAB
episode 7
Talking Tuckey; The Australian v Victoria Police; In Search of Zahir Khan
episode 8
Democracy Alan Jones Style; Trial by Television; Too Much Truth; SBS's Inconvenient Untruth
Episode 9 - Will The Tablet Cure Newspapers' Ills?
Will The Tablet Cure Newspapers' Ills?
episode 10
Sacrificing the language; Prime Minister Rudd AND Robb; Mayoists on the Midday Report; Privacy breach jeopardises a man'
Episode 11
Mr Actor not Mr Asia; Media Access and Afghanistan; A Lesson in Facebook Friends; Nine Cameraman Update
Episode 12
The Eyjafjallajökull challenge; Fake Transfer; Aunty Advertorial?; The Death of Carl Williams [REDACTED]...
Episode 13
Possum Pie on MTR; Volcanoes v Humans; Media Slugfest Over Storm Mess; Honourable Mention
Episode 14
Unsporting Commentary on the ABC's Grandstand; Over The Cutting Edge; Smoking Out The Spin; News Bites Watchdog
Episode 15
When The Boat Comes In; Veiled Censorship; Cholera Tourer; Copy-Cat Copy-Editor...; Media Watcher Mea Culpa; Here Come D
Episode 16
Seven Goes Public on the Private; Advertiser by Name, Advertiser by Nature; And The Mortal Of The Story Is...
Episode 17
A Recipe for Self Promotion; Old News is Cheap News, No News is Cheaper; Regional Dis-Content Redux; Journos: Take Heart
7 February 2011
- A correction saved their bacon - Applying the common sense rule - Actions speak louder than words - Good journalism
14 February 2011
- Media circus over a non-story - Public vs Private: Channel 7 not guilty - Much Ado About Nothing - A Serious Mistak
21 February 2011
- 2UE’s new mission statement - Graphic Errors
28 February 2011
- Adding insult to injury - Foot in the hospital door journalism - Playing the media
7 March 2011
- The Asylum Sneakers that weren't - Lawsie fails his eye test - Read it and weep - Spider bait
14 March 2011
21 March 2011
28 March 2011
4 April 2011
11 April 2011
25 April 2011
2 May 2011
9 May 2011
16 May 2011
23 May 2011
30 May 2011
6 June 2011
13 June 2011
20 June 2011
27 June 2011
4 July 2011
11 July 2011
18 July 2011
25 July 2011
1 August 2011
8 August 2011
15 August 2011
22 August 2011
29 August 2011
5 September 2011
12 September 2011
19 September 2011
26 September 2011
3 October 2011
10 October 2011
17 October 2011
24 October 2011
31 October 2011
7 November 2011
6 February 2012
- An Australia Day beat up - Not all things good in moderation - Tragedy made worse by insensitive media
13 February 2012
- ABC calendar confusion - Unfair shake of the source-bottle?
20 February 2012
- An intimate proposal - Toasting the marshmallow - Desperate for any angle - A numbers game
27 February 2012
- The no-name game - Credit where credit's due
5 March 2012
- February fumbles - Gillard shows off her new Carr - Regulating all with one
12 March 2012
- You can't lose what you never had - ABC News 24 signing out - Sticking it to the squillionaires
19 March 2012
- Jonesing for the truth, What's in a name? - Own the paper, own the message
26 March 2012
- Forbidden fruit tempts ABC News Breakfast - How 60 Minutes and Sunday Night covered the PIP scandal
02 April 2012
- When the pictures don't fit the story - A war of words over piracy
Paying for News
Will the citizens of Melbourne pay three dollars a week to read stories online about crime and the footy? Paying for New
16 April 2012
23 April 2012
30 April 2012
07 May 2012
14 May 2012
21 May 2012
28 May 2012
Episode 18
Episode 19
Episode 20 - Branding entertainment
Episode 21
Episode 22
Episode 23
Episode 24
Episode 25
Episode 26
Episode 27
Episode 28
Episode 29
Episode 30
Episode 31
Episode 32
Episode 33
Episode 34
Episode 35
Sorry; Sorry, sort of; False balance leads to confusion
Episode 36
Recording Mr Jones
Episode 37
Same facts, different spin; The speech that burst the press gallery's bubble; A private dispute turned national spectacu
Episode 38 - The rise of the personal blogger
The rise of the personal blogger
Episode 39
Silly sausage; Reporting the bare essentials; Tom Everywhere.com
Episode 40
Bully in the naughty corner; Sub-standard facts; Taking instruction literally; Outsourcing the front page
Episode 41
Bringing you the big news! News values, priorities and politics Don't croc the boat
Episode 42
Longing for a new idea SMH, please explain Yes or no, Minister? Media woes have a silver lining...for PR 2012: A year fo
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Episode 1
In the Alice in Wonderland world of fake news and alternative facts, what can the media do in search for the truth?
Episode 2
Melania Trump v Daily Mail; The Daily Mail and gang misappropriation; The Phantom of the Internet rebooted; How Good Gam
Episode 3
Not just fake news but no news; Sex, lies and injunctions; Court copy cats caught out; James Hird and the 'female friend
Episode 4
Coke Fizzer. Coke closes its Adelaide bottling plant; A Current Affair's life changing ADHD treatment - that doesn't wor
Episode 5
The new Italian Astronaut; Travel tales too good to be true?; Peter Dutton, next Liberal leader? And Karl coverage overl
Episode 6
Exclusive interview or airport ambush?; Controversial claims get the soft treatment; Punchbowl story missing in action;
Episode 7
Weatherill v Frydenberg showdown; Clean and green or toxic and deadly?; Singo making Gosford great again, with a little
Episode 8
Paparazzi, privacy and the Press Council; Great Barrier grief missing from The Australian; Two cities, one prize on Nova
Episode 9
Latham lessons not learnt; Media love a miracle; First on Nine five years late and Cyclone Debbie coverage
Episode 10
What lies beneath; Media war over Syria; Internal war at News Corp and Red faces over blushing bride story
Episode 11
Close call; Going for gold; Putin critics pay with lives and Prime time PR puff
Episode 12
Anzac Day outrage; News sites spinning Reddit rubbish; What next for Channel 10? And Paul Antonopoulos forced out
Episode 13
Royal rumour runs rife; Fairfax cuts hit hard and 100 days of discord
Episode 14
Seven and Nine both first with the news; BrickX stories lack scrutiny; The necklace that stole the story; Jobs and growt
Episode 15
Snot right: bogus boogers beat-up; ‘Fake’ Sheikh of shock; Not so new at The Australian; Good Crinkling News
Episode 16
The Schapelle Corby media circus; The column that really bombed; Alan Jones, pick and stick
Episode 17
Minor voice given a megaphone; Daily Mail, how low can you go?; Australian Press Council v News Corp; Snakes in a car ag
Episode 18
Corby keeps the media guessing; Adani still not a done deal; High flying plans don’t add up; Breitbart loses its bite
Episode 19
No loss of shock jock energy; Rebel with a cause to celebrate; Sky's the limit for Channel Ten
Episode 20
Lotto winners and lazy journalism; Scoring points from Grenfell fire ; 'Apex gang' spotted in Newcastle; What's old is n
Episode 21
Paul Murray's spectacular Sky dummy spit; The Australian's cock-up trifecta; Roxy Jacenko cashing in on media obsession;
Episode 22
State of play, news media versus the digital giants Amid a Senate inquiry, a Media Watch special on how Facebook and Goo
Episode 23
Iceberg ahoy!; Amazon is coming; Non apology of the week from the Daily Telegraph; TV news turns off the Top End; Intern
Episode 24
Rainbow stars in Greens exit; An unholy row; Exploiting tragedy for column inches; Ray's Scomo spray
Episode 25
The Pell show comes to town; Super spruikers; Dual citizenship duel; Flying dry
Episode 26
Reporting on terror raids; Abbott speaks and media repeats; Goodbye to a veteran
Episode 27
Teflon John and his media mates; Same Sex marriage frustration; Nightline kills the radio star; Memo to Mitch Fifield
Episode 28
Media reform battles on; Jumping the gun on a medical breakthrough; Flash mob to cash in; More perils of live TV
Episode 29
A monumental beat up; Same-Sex Campaign; Campaign clanger; Misplaced map outrage
Episode 30
The missing flood story; Reheating Christmas carols outrage; Media marriage friction; Today starts a war
Episode 31
Spot the Tassie Tiger; A matter of trust; Too much publicity is never enough; A picture tells the wrong story
Episode 32
Rebel gets the last laugh; The power of Kmart mums; Media reforms gets green light; Malley's media adventure
Episode 33
Red faces over Roberts reversal; Spruiking supplements; Spot the sponsored content; TV tantrums
Episode 34
Same Love stoush; Seven has more PR woes; Today loves Australia, for a fee
Episode 35
Las Vegas massacre drives fake news; ABC defends correspondent from Federal MP's attack ads; Northern Star HPV headline
Episode 36
The politics of Weinstein; Silencing Ray's spray; Media stays mum; Ipswich or Karachi?
Episode 37
Melania body double bubble; Lisa Walks; Junketing journalists; Christmas in Macau
Episode 38
Citizenship Seven coverage; Raids, leaks and sources; Confessions of a homegrown 'terrorist'; Bushie's irony alert backf
Episode 39
Citizenship saga bites troubled Turnbull; Media missing on Manus; Deadly treadlies; Facebook fesses up
Episode 40
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Episode 41
Channel Ten's disservice to the west; The Latham vs Faruqi showdown; All aboard the election bus; Richo bemused by the P
Episode 42
QLD Election Coverage; Don Burke allegations; John-Michael Howson's tirade; Karl's 'gotcha' fail
Episode 43
The rush to convict Geoffrey Rush; The sting that stung; Perth to Baku; Lateline signs off
Episode 44
A costly Rush?; Stirring up Milo fever; Superstorm hype runs out of puff; Media Watch – 2017 highlights
Episode 1
Media companies oppose draft laws; Muslim fashion outrage; Nine News for sale
Episode 2
Would you like facts with that?; The Barnaby affair; Cabinet leaks: from scoop to sorry
Episode 3
Turnbull sex ban; Taxing times at the ABC; The RSPCA and public accountability; Back from the future
Episode 4
Wrong picture; 60 Minutes Investigation; Rush v The Daily Telegraph
Episode 5
ABC rallies the troops; Nick Cater’s hypocrisy; Mass shootings covered LIVE; More ads masquerading as news
Episode 6
Herald Sun removes Tessa Sullivan articles; Britain's Sunday Times denies hacking; 'Talking Lifestyle' axed; Studio Ten
Episode 7
A Sunrise to forget; Labor's Tax Storm; Fake Sydney property story exposes media; Daily Mail's African gang obsession; O
Episode 8
The latest MH370 theory is full of holes; White privilege outrage; Instagram spruiking; Charity rejects donation from 7'
Episode 9
Malcolm Turnbull turns 30; A Current Affair, yet to put the record straight; The Australian's mistaken identity; AFR's J
Episode 10
Protesters storm Sunrise, again; Rush v The Daily Telegraph, update; Photoshopping Jen and Brad; Pushing medicinal marij
Episode 11
Frontpage Vegemite madness; Royal commission backtrack; Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching; Rush v The Daily Telegraph,
Episode 12
Nine's ANZAC blunder; Eddie McGuire's fake supplement ad; Glossing over Myanmar; Media drops celebrity financial planner
Episode 13
Press freedom under attack; Sophie Mirabella vs the Benalla Ensign; ABC ruled impartial; Ice Age warning
Episode 14
Budget cuts at ABC; Cambodian press freedom; How to stage a paparazzi pic; Royal Wedding countdown
Episode 15
Royal Wedding capers; Press Council pings Daily Telegraph, again; Reporting on murder suicides; Legal secrets
Episode 16
Pub etiquette, PM falsely accused; Ipswich corruption scandal; Facebook bans Cancer Council poo ads; Photoshopping Jen a
Episode 17
Seven's Barnaby flop; Pollies dodging questions; Far right activist Tommy Robinson jailed
Episode 18
Poo jogger; Suicide reporting; Sugar hit; Wagga's paywall rebellion
Episode 19
Qantas 'nosedive'; Alan Jones defamation trial; Killer Instinct undone; Daily Telegraph sells out
Episode 20
Privatising the ABC?
Episode 21
Sky sexism apology; Timor spying; Plastic bag ban; Vale Liz Jackson
Episode 22
Thai Cave Rescue; Fairfax bungle GST; NW - the art of fabrication; Wagga's Daily Advertiser; Not Seven News
Episode 23
Let her work; Basketbrawl fallout; 60 Minutes Dhakota Williams; Herald Sun apology
Episode 24
Sunrise cave theft; Cliff Richard v The BBC; Sleeping Giants rise against Sky; Not on Seven Perth
Episode 25
Media merger; One Big Switch; Out with a bang; Lee Lin Chin signs off
Episode 26
Kyle's media circus; Andrew Bolt's foreigner rant; WIN News runs PR puff; Enough Bags
Episode 27
Sky News backlash; Fairfax v Ben Roberts-Smith; Karl's reef affair; Rush v Daily Telegraph - update
Episode 28
Katter Solution; The Tele’s gender wars; Petulant West Australian; No WIN for Tasmania
Episode 29
How powerful voices in the media waged war on a Prime Minister
Episode 30
Comedy Conviction; Hats off to the new PM; Ramsay St for sale; Playing the man
Episode 31
Bulldog bulldust; Skripal poisoning; Reporting from Nauru; Palmer pushback
Episode 32
Buyer beware; Missing climate; Jones judgement; PR emergency
Episode 33
Guthrie gone; Interview emBRAgoed; 60 Minutes property; Media moguls
Episode 34
ABC chaos, Who dunnit, Tech junkets
Episode 35
Climate calamity; High stakes, Minor debacle
Episode 36
Climate coverage; religious freedom furphy; Goodbye Hendo
Episode 37
Wentworth washup; Wrong police car; Serial prankster; Saudi journalist murdered
Episode 38
Media terror; 'Fair dinkum' power; Geelong nudie run; Royals in Fiji
Episode 39
Fury at the Mail
Episode 40
Missing Mark; True-blue ScoMo; Media freeze; Cancer confusion.
Episode 41
Bali virus beat-up; Trump v CNN; Police PR; Small store, big hype
Episode 42
Chasing Renae; SA press freedom; Dirty tricks fallout; Roast Lamb
Episode 43
Milne v Guthrie; Lead poisoning panic; Mobile pedestrians; Banking media.
Episode 44
Trial by podcast; Pay for access; Karl coverage; #MeToo Christmas.
Episode 1
Paul Barry returns for a new season of Media Watch. The front runners for the ABC chair, who is most likely? Plus coal d
Episode 2
Is there no end to Clive Palmer's media blitz? Plus a failure to disclose by Sunrise's David Koch.
Episode 3
No love for Married At First Sight as former cast members reveal the ugly reality behind the TV blockbuster. Plus boats,
Episode 4
The Daily Telegraph apologises for front page story on Today host Georgie Gardner. Plus the Herald Sun wins the right to
Episode 5
Journalists facing threats of jail over Pell headlines as the media debate his guilt. The Momo Challenge hoax, plus Ita
Episode 6
60 Minutes caught out - can you believe their denial. Plus PM Scott Morrison's campaign trip to Christmas Island.
Episode 7
Paul Barry presents a special on the Christchurch terror attack. How should the media deal with live-streamed terrorism?
Episode 8
Demonising Muslims, encouraging extremism, is the media to blame? And why no tough questions for Mark Latham's plan to D
Episode 9
One Nation sting: unfair entrapment or legitimate expose? Our verdict on Al Jazeera's investigation. Did it go too far?
Episode 10
Paul Barry looks at some of the big issues in media in the past seven days including election countdown, social media cr
Episode 11
Rush verdict; The electric election; Ristevski murder.
Episode 12
Facebook 'under fire' for its fake scam ads. The Daily Telegraph 'under fire' for its coverage of Labor’s 'gender agen
Episode 13
Milo Yiannopoulos. Alex Jones. Breast cancer awareness. What do these three things have in common? And The Cat bags the
Episode 14
Election battleground; News vs Bill Shorten; All about the image and Ads on Aunty. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 15
Front-page scares and catchphrases: How did the media shape the election result? Duelling exclusives: A Nine exclusive t
Episode 16
Albo goes to bat against Labor's conservative foes; Alan Jones buries the hatchet with Clive Palmer and a big pay day fo
Episode 17
Did the ABC get strong-armed by Adani? Julian Assange: hero of the free press or cyber terrorist? Plus a stem cell mirac
Media raids
A Media Watch feature report on police raids targeting News Corp and ABC journalists.
Episode 19
Credlin and Adani; Sunday Night woes and Credit card munch. Presented by Paul Barry
Episode 20
Nuclear debate; IKEA spruikers; Court dismissed. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 21
Gleeson's Gold; Facebook defamation; Plastic bag panic; Bulger killer. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 22
Game, set, match, Kyrgios; Media Raids update; Cash for case studies; Wawa revelation. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 23
Four Corners' water splash; Paradise lost; Solar stunner; Housing affordable and Love Boat tour. Presented by Paul Barry
Episode 24
Moon landing hoax; Journalist Information Warrants; Pauline and Uluru; MasterChef scandal. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 25
ABC blunders; Au revoir, press freedom; TV underbelly and interview interrupted. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 26
Bolt vs Thunberg; Krokodil hysteria; BuzzFeed says sorry and Council media. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 27
Hong Kong chaos; TV news likes Facebook; plus US guns and games. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 28
Alan Jones socked by his own punch. The Australian steps up its negative coverage of transgender issues. Plus what does
Episode 29
Mattress mayhem; Attack, apologise, attack again; 5G fears; Ben Simmons - friend or foe?
Episode 30
Trash talk; Reef attack; Block ads; Trump Derangement Syndrome. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 31
'Independent. Always'; 60 Minutes v Meghan Markle; Roasting vegans; Letters galore. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 32
Climate fire; Media pressure; Jones' review; and Great grout. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 33
Conversation stopper; ABC wrong on Price; Driving subs and Murray's Trump card. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 34
PM sledges media over climate; Mayor & the media; Brand expose; Sorry Sandilands. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 35
Trump gets censored. Adios Sunday Night. Vaping donations go undisclosed. The Phantom of the Internet returns.
Episode 36
Speed bump jokers; Sky's drought hero; Perils of speaking out; MasterChef predictions. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 37
Horse deaths; Fury over Farrow; Cash for controversy. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 38
Whodunnit? The mysterious tale of Minister Angus Taylor, the dodgy document and The Daily Telegraph. Presented by Paul B
Episode 39
The sad story of Ashleigh Petrie; Risky butt lifts; Real estate fiction. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 40
Q&A fury; Facebook scams hurt; Today repeats. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 41
Fire haze; Judicial slap down; Nova's c-bomb. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 42
Farewell Today Tonight; Pacific/China media; The Australian defends Plimer; Drover's smoko. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 43
Medevac media; FOI failure; Anti-vaxxers on Aunty; Mags royal mania. Presented by Paul Barry. (Final for 2019)
Episode 1
Media Watch returns with new host Linton Besser. This week: A media storm over big asylum seeker figures, but did anyone
Episode 2
Trump 2.0 media circus; ABC's 'Antoinette issue'; Nine's beach house porkies. Presented by Linton Besser.
Episode 3
Sam Newman's nazi boost; Daily Tele's stunt backfires; Seven's horoscope horror. Presented by Linton Besser.
Episode 4
'Jack The Ripper' revelations come back from the dead and the media keep forgetting. Seven puffs up golden boy Basil Zem
Episode 5
Marty Sheargold's jibe at the Matildas proves the final straw for Triple M bosses. A foreign interference scoop proves a
Episode 6
Commercial TV networks go all in on Cyclone Alfred coverage, Labor scores a win with misreported housing numbers, plus T
Episode 7
The explosive laden caravan turns out to be a con job. Clive Palmer tries to provoke outrage and succeeds at The Age. Po
Episode 8
Claims by The Australian that Yallourn coal plant will have its life extended come under scrutiny. Andrew 'Twiggy' Forre
Episode 9
Labor invites social media influencers into budget lockup, Star journo Nick McKenzie caught on secret recording, plus Th
Episode 10
Miracle sports water: Seven gives oxygenated water too much oxygen. Travel insurance tales: 1Cover's warm embrace by new
Episode 11
Billionaire gives back: Adrian Portelli's cash splash whips shoppers and the news media into a frenzy. Plus reins of pow
Episode 12
Poll position: A shock SMS poll result boots a Labor heavyweight, but raises questions. Plus an old-school comedian reac
Episode 13
Election surprise: Labor's landslide win - why some media failed to sway voters. SBS's new family DNA show, with a big-p
Episode 14
Holy smoke: How the election of a new Pope caught some in the media off guard. Nine's travel lift out showcases a new de
Monday 2/2/2026
Nine newspapers served up Australian Open coverage, but did the ball fall wide of the line? Did the media amplify the Tr
Monday 9/2/2026
The alleged Australian terror attack that almost barely caused a whimper: Did the media miss the story? The radio doctor
Monday 16/2/2026
A leadership refresh proves the ultimate banquet for Canberra journalists. ASIO rebukes Four Corners which aired accusat
Monday 23/2/2026
The royal formerly known as Prince Andrew was front page news (almost) everywhere. From political outsider to second-pla
Monday 2/3/2026
Missiles fly across the Middle East, as the world's media makes tough decisions about what conflict to cover. Ukraine fa
Monday 9/3/2026
The conflict in Iran marks a new chapter in AI-generated war imagery; The Kyle and Jackie O split marks the $200 million
Monday 16/3/2026
Journalists scramble to verify the tragic death of school children in Iran. Scared or safe? Dubai influencers caught in
Monday 23/3/2026
Allegations of violence made against media mogul Antony Catalano amid the steady decline of his regional news empire. Go
Monday 30/3/2026
Algorithm addiction: Court finds Google and Meta apps were like drugs of addiction. Predators online: US court finds Fac
Monday 13/4/2026
Media blockade: Trump opens a second front, declaring war on CNN's Iran reporting. Plus docu-series 'Aussie Gold Hunters
Monday 20/4/2026
Hungary's new leader vows to restore independence to his country's media following years of dismantling by Viktor Orban.
Monday 27/4/2026
Kyle and Jackie foes: Court case documents reveal the behind-the-scenes spats were as unsavoury as their breakfast bante
Monday 4/5/2026
Seven's latest home reno show My Reno Rules promises its audience big prizes, but are viewers really told just how much
Monday 11/5/2026
From flight trackers to walking down the plane aisle, no effort was spared to capture the so-called 'ISIS brides' return
Monday 18/5/2026
Seven misidentified an ISIS Bride, even after she notified them they had the wrong photo. How GB News leveraged politici
Monday 25/5/2026
Amid budget fallout, small businesses fight tax changes with memes and a little creative license. Charlie Teo fights aga
Monday 1/6/2026
Why the juiced-up athletes at the Enhanced Games weren't about selling athletic glory, but pharmaceuticals. The West Aus
Monday 8/6/2026
Turmoil at CBS continues with the firing of longtime '60 Minutes' reporter Scott Pelley, One Nation's playbook of bypass
Monday 15/6/2026
The role of Elon Musk in the Belfast riots show again, how his platform X, is used to stoke outrage. Plus a preference-f
Monday 22/6/2026
A planned cull of wild horses has The Daily Telegraph chomping at the bit to voice its disapproval. 60 Minutes fails to
Monday 29/6/2026
Karlito's Way: Karl Stefanovic loses his job after embracing a controversial anti-Islam activist. Giggle Gagged: The ABC
Monday 6/7/2026
Australian media spare no detail in its coverage of a Thai teen's murder. BHP shows off its shiny electric truck and spi
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