Next Episode of Media Watch is
Season 2024 / Episode 12 and airs on 29 April 2024 11:15
Media Watch is Australia's leading forum for media analysis and comment.Conflicts of interest, bank backflips, deceit, misrepresentation, manipulation, plagiarism, abuse of power, technical lies and straight out fraud: Media Watch has built an unrivalled record of exposing media shenanigans since it first went to air in 1989.The media provides the information we need to make decisions about our lives, but how reliable are the media reports that shape our views of the world?Media Watch turns the spotlight onto those who literally 'make the news': the reporters, editors, sub-editors, producers, camera operators, sound recordists and photographers who claim to deliver the world to our doorsteps, radios, computers and living rooms. We also keep an eye on those who try to manipulate the media: the PR consultants, spin-doctors, lobbyists and "news makers" who set the agenda.
Media Watch returns for a new season in 2020. In a special episode Denial and deflection, Paul Barry examines how News Corp's star commentators covered Australia's bushfire emergency.
Coronavirus fake news; Media trust; NW mag unchecked; Taylor whodunnit unsolved. Presented by Paul Barry.
Coronavirus panic; Super yacht dud; Nine loves Costco; ABC raids found lawful. Presented by Paul Barry.
Sorry Bolt; ABC exclusive dropped; Fake farming crisis; Media tricked. Presented by Paul Barry.
Viral panic; Bettina Arndt condemned; IPA v ABC; Today's red faces.
Toilet paper panic; Vale AAP; Trolls exposed; Climate myth busting. Presented by Paul Barry.
Paul Barry looks at the leading media issues of the week including COVID-19 hits the media, tabloid tactics, and Grimshaw gossip.
Australia shutdown: Fake news, conspiracy theories, calls to stay calm. How can the media help contain the deadly spread?
Paul Barry examines some of the media issues of the week including social distancing shaming, media corona casualties and corona cliche.
Paul Barry examines some of the media issues of the week including lockdown lifting, the media is hurting, plus sports and entertainment rewind.
The ABC has been condemned for leading a witch hunt against George Pell. So, how does its coverage stack up against that charge?
Stokes blackout; Hydroxychloroquine disappoints; 5G kills plants; Karl's hypocrisy.
Virus lab theory; Palaszczuk's fake jab; Palmer's drug blitz. Presented by Paul Barry.
Paul Barry looks into some of the big media issues of the week - Laidley arrest, Wuhan lab dossier, plus Hadley's remorse.
Exit Alan Jones; Bauer's brutal cull; plus Ruby Princess inquiry.
Nine's Palm Island investigation; Hyped vaccine news; Big W's big ad.
News Corp kills ink; Harry's housing calls; Good grief.
A Media Watch special on the protests, riots and social unrest in America. What role has President Trump played in spreading hatred of the media? And why have so many reporters been targeted, attacked or arrested by police?
Lacking diversity; Secret trial; Darwin barney.
Today Show ethics; Maria Ressa interview; Bauer's fire sale.
250 jobs cut and programs axed as the ABC deals with a funding shortfall and a five-year digital plan. Paul Barry examines what the latest round of cuts mean for the ABC and its audience.
ABC raids update; Hong Kong censorship; West Australian sorry; Chess beat-up.
Victoria virus; Hanson dumped; By-election scorcher; Al Jazeera Malaysia. Presented by Paul Barry.
Today Show 'whack jobs'; Falconio Murder; Fake Tiger King.
Online abuse; Perth's media mayor; Magazine cull continues; Zodiac fake news.
Named and shamed; Defamation hopes; Cancel culture cooked.
Pandemic misfire; Mystery COVID modelling; AFL reporter benched; Devine defamation.
Ruby Princess and the ABC; The West's pest; Kamala cartoon; TV diversity; Women's Weekly fail.
Vaccine spin; Stokes, Basil and the West; Local news; Game over; Alberici and the ABC.
Peter Foster sting; Making big tech pay; Ita on line 2; Daily Mail beat-up; 'Learnings'.
The fake news scandal at Nine Entertainment's Domain website. Minister's downfall. Arson debunked. Plus Facebook's tantrum over paying for news.
China escape; Online polls gamed; Ten News axed; ABC goodbyes.
Snake fakes; #DictatorDan campaign; Sydney Olympics; Press Council offence; Devine apology.
Trump's tricks: 'Delusional' Karen; Podcast peril; Domain caught again; Border Watch returns. Presented by Paul Barry.
Trump's diagnosis; Body language experts; ABC muzzled?; Is this an ad?
Seven sorry; Hydroxy spurned; ScoMo's spin; New name, same rubbish.
Rudd's crusade; Reef story missing; ACA sued; Drug hot spots; Charges dropped.
Biden's victory: What happened to the Biden landslide? Why were the polls wrong again? Has Fox News changed its tune on the 45th president?
The backlash over Four Corners' expose on ministers' sex lives. ABC journalist and NT Chief Minister's wife, can Kristy O'Brien juggle the two roles? Media reluctant to name retailer Harvey Norman for winning a Shonky Award.
War crime allegations; Smear war; Princess Di and the BBC.
Premier v press; Picture perfect PM; A victory for truth.
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