Media Watch
An Australian media analysis television program currently focusing on critiquing the Australian media.
Paul Barry returns for a new season of Media Watch. The front runners for the ABC chair, who is most likely? Plus coal dust printed word for word in the Newcastle Herald.
Is there no end to Clive Palmer's media blitz? Plus a failure to disclose by Sunrise's David Koch.
No love for Married At First Sight as former cast members reveal the ugly reality behind the TV blockbuster. Plus boats, borders and truthful reporting.
The Daily Telegraph apologises for front page story on Today host Georgie Gardner. Plus the Herald Sun wins the right to reveal who is Lawyer X.
Journalists facing threats of jail over Pell headlines as the media debate his guilt. The Momo Challenge hoax, plus Ita Buttrose named Chair of the ABC.
60 Minutes caught out - can you believe their denial. Plus PM Scott Morrison's campaign trip to Christmas Island.
Paul Barry presents a special on the Christchurch terror attack. How should the media deal with live-streamed terrorism? And will it change how social media platforms police hate speech?
Demonising Muslims, encouraging extremism, is the media to blame? And why no tough questions for Mark Latham's plan to DNA test 'indigenous welfare rorters'?
One Nation sting: unfair entrapment or legitimate expose? Our verdict on Al Jazeera's investigation. Did it go too far? Plus alarming Adelaide a story so big no one could report it.
Paul Barry looks at some of the big issues in media in the past seven days including election countdown, social media crackdown, The Cass tape and journo jail threats.
Rush verdict; The electric election; Ristevski murder.
Facebook 'under fire' for its fake scam ads. The Daily Telegraph 'under fire' for its coverage of Labor’s 'gender agenda'. Plus journalists 'under fire' from their own campaign cliche. Presented by Paul Barry.
Milo Yiannopoulos. Alex Jones. Breast cancer awareness. What do these three things have in common? And The Cat bags the rural press more money for country news? Or a slimming down of regional newsrooms?
Election battleground; News vs Bill Shorten; All about the image and Ads on Aunty. Presented by Paul Barry.
Front-page scares and catchphrases: How did the media shape the election result? Duelling exclusives: A Nine exclusive that looks and sounds awfully similar to Sevens. Presented by Paul Barry.
Albo goes to bat against Labor's conservative foes; Alan Jones buries the hatchet with Clive Palmer and a big pay day for Geoffrey Rush. Presented by Paul Barry.
Did the ABC get strong-armed by Adani? Julian Assange: hero of the free press or cyber terrorist? Plus a stem cell miracle cure that has the media in a spin. Presented by Paul Barry.
A Media Watch feature report on police raids targeting News Corp and ABC journalists.
Credlin and Adani; Sunday Night woes and Credit card munch. Presented by Paul Barry
Nuclear debate; IKEA spruikers; Court dismissed. Presented by Paul Barry.
Gleeson's Gold; Facebook defamation; Plastic bag panic; Bulger killer. Presented by Paul Barry.
Game, set, match, Kyrgios; Media Raids update; Cash for case studies; Wawa revelation. Presented by Paul Barry.
Four Corners' water splash; Paradise lost; Solar stunner; Housing affordable and Love Boat tour. Presented by Paul Barry.
Moon landing hoax; Journalist Information Warrants; Pauline and Uluru; MasterChef scandal. Presented by Paul Barry.
ABC blunders; Au revoir, press freedom; TV underbelly and interview interrupted. Presented by Paul Barry.
Bolt vs Thunberg; Krokodil hysteria; BuzzFeed says sorry and Council media. Presented by Paul Barry.
Hong Kong chaos; TV news likes Facebook; plus US guns and games. Presented by Paul Barry.
Alan Jones socked by his own punch. The Australian steps up its negative coverage of transgender issues. Plus what does press freedom look like? Presented by Paul Barry.
Mattress mayhem; Attack, apologise, attack again; 5G fears; Ben Simmons - friend or foe?
Trash talk; Reef attack; Block ads; Trump Derangement Syndrome. Presented by Paul Barry.
'Independent. Always'; 60 Minutes v Meghan Markle; Roasting vegans; Letters galore. Presented by Paul Barry.
Climate fire; Media pressure; Jones' review; and Great grout. Presented by Paul Barry.
Conversation stopper; ABC wrong on Price; Driving subs and Murray's Trump card. Presented by Paul Barry.
PM sledges media over climate; Mayor & the media; Brand expose; Sorry Sandilands. Presented by Paul Barry.
Trump gets censored. Adios Sunday Night. Vaping donations go undisclosed. The Phantom of the Internet returns.
Speed bump jokers; Sky's drought hero; Perils of speaking out; MasterChef predictions. Presented by Paul Barry.
Horse deaths; Fury over Farrow; Cash for controversy. Presented by Paul Barry.
Whodunnit? The mysterious tale of Minister Angus Taylor, the dodgy document and The Daily Telegraph. Presented by Paul Barry.
The sad story of Ashleigh Petrie; Risky butt lifts; Real estate fiction. Presented by Paul Barry.
Q&A fury; Facebook scams hurt; Today repeats. Presented by Paul Barry.
Fire haze; Judicial slap down; Nova's c-bomb. Presented by Paul Barry.
Farewell Today Tonight; Pacific/China media; The Australian defends Plimer; Drover's smoko. Presented by Paul Barry.
Medevac media; FOI failure; Anti-vaxxers on Aunty; Mags royal mania. Presented by Paul Barry. (Final for 2019)
Media companies oppose draft laws; Muslim fashion outrage; Nine News for sale
Would you like facts with that?; The Barnaby affair; Cabinet leaks: from scoop to sorry
Turnbull sex ban; Taxing times at the ABC; The RSPCA and public accountability; Back from the future
Wrong picture; 60 Minutes Investigation; Rush v The Daily Telegraph
ABC rallies the troops; Nick Cater’s hypocrisy; Mass shootings covered LIVE; More ads masquerading as news
Herald Sun removes Tessa Sullivan articles; Britain's Sunday Times denies hacking; 'Talking Lifestyle' axed; Studio Ten rips off Today Tonight
A Sunrise to forget; Labor's Tax Storm; Fake Sydney property story exposes media; Daily Mail's African gang obsession; Old footage used in Tathra fire coverage
The latest MH370 theory is full of holes; White privilege outrage; Instagram spruiking; Charity rejects donation from 7's Sunday Night
Malcolm Turnbull turns 30; A Current Affair, yet to put the record straight; The Australian's mistaken identity; AFR's Joe Aston and his vitriolic language
Protesters storm Sunrise, again; Rush v The Daily Telegraph, update; Photoshopping Jen and Brad; Pushing medicinal marijuana
Frontpage Vegemite madness; Royal commission backtrack; Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching; Rush v The Daily Telegraph, update
Nine's ANZAC blunder; Eddie McGuire's fake supplement ad; Glossing over Myanmar; Media drops celebrity financial planner
Press freedom under attack; Sophie Mirabella vs the Benalla Ensign; ABC ruled impartial; Ice Age warning
Budget cuts at ABC; Cambodian press freedom; How to stage a paparazzi pic; Royal Wedding countdown
Royal Wedding capers; Press Council pings Daily Telegraph, again; Reporting on murder suicides; Legal secrets
Pub etiquette, PM falsely accused; Ipswich corruption scandal; Facebook bans Cancer Council poo ads; Photoshopping Jen and Brad, again
Seven's Barnaby flop; Pollies dodging questions; Far right activist Tommy Robinson jailed
Poo jogger; Suicide reporting; Sugar hit; Wagga's paywall rebellion
Qantas 'nosedive'; Alan Jones defamation trial; Killer Instinct undone; Daily Telegraph sells out
Privatising the ABC?
Sky sexism apology; Timor spying; Plastic bag ban; Vale Liz Jackson
Thai Cave Rescue; Fairfax bungle GST; NW - the art of fabrication; Wagga's Daily Advertiser; Not Seven News
Let her work; Basketbrawl fallout; 60 Minutes Dhakota Williams; Herald Sun apology
Sunrise cave theft; Cliff Richard v The BBC; Sleeping Giants rise against Sky; Not on Seven Perth
Media merger; One Big Switch; Out with a bang; Lee Lin Chin signs off
Kyle's media circus; Andrew Bolt's foreigner rant; WIN News runs PR puff; Enough Bags
Sky News backlash; Fairfax v Ben Roberts-Smith; Karl's reef affair; Rush v Daily Telegraph - update
Katter Solution; The Tele’s gender wars; Petulant West Australian; No WIN for Tasmania
How powerful voices in the media waged war on a Prime Minister
Comedy Conviction; Hats off to the new PM; Ramsay St for sale; Playing the man
Bulldog bulldust; Skripal poisoning; Reporting from Nauru; Palmer pushback
Buyer beware; Missing climate; Jones judgement; PR emergency
Guthrie gone; Interview emBRAgoed; 60 Minutes property; Media moguls
ABC chaos, Who dunnit, Tech junkets
Climate calamity; High stakes, Minor debacle
Climate coverage; religious freedom furphy; Goodbye Hendo
Wentworth washup; Wrong police car; Serial prankster; Saudi journalist murdered
Media terror; 'Fair dinkum' power; Geelong nudie run; Royals in Fiji
Fury at the Mail
Missing Mark; True-blue ScoMo; Media freeze; Cancer confusion.
Bali virus beat-up; Trump v CNN; Police PR; Small store, big hype
Chasing Renae; SA press freedom; Dirty tricks fallout; Roast Lamb
Milne v Guthrie; Lead poisoning panic; Mobile pedestrians; Banking media.
Trial by podcast; Pay for access; Karl coverage; #MeToo Christmas.
In the Alice in Wonderland world of fake news and alternative facts, what can the media do in search for the truth?
Melania Trump v Daily Mail; The Daily Mail and gang misappropriation; The Phantom of the Internet rebooted; How Good Game ran out of lives; Another inappropriate rant by Ross
Not just fake news but no news; Sex, lies and injunctions; Court copy cats caught out; James Hird and the 'female friend'
Coke Fizzer. Coke closes its Adelaide bottling plant; A Current Affair's life changing ADHD treatment - that doesn't work; Keysar Trad flies under the ABC radar; A new front in Trump’s media war
The new Italian Astronaut; Travel tales too good to be true?; Peter Dutton, next Liberal leader? And Karl coverage overload
Exclusive interview or airport ambush?; Controversial claims get the soft treatment; Punchbowl story missing in action; Satirical protest taken seriously; BBC interview interrupted
Weatherill v Frydenberg showdown; Clean and green or toxic and deadly?; Singo making Gosford great again, with a little help from his friends and Sky News civil war
Paparazzi, privacy and the Press Council; Great Barrier grief missing from The Australian; Two cities, one prize on Nova stations and Exclusive: Darren Davidson predictions.
Latham lessons not learnt; Media love a miracle; First on Nine five years late and Cyclone Debbie coverage
What lies beneath; Media war over Syria; Internal war at News Corp and Red faces over blushing bride story
Close call; Going for gold; Putin critics pay with lives and Prime time PR puff
Anzac Day outrage; News sites spinning Reddit rubbish; What next for Channel 10? And Paul Antonopoulos forced out
Royal rumour runs rife; Fairfax cuts hit hard and 100 days of discord
Seven and Nine both first with the news; BrickX stories lack scrutiny; The necklace that stole the story; Jobs and growth but not for Fairfax and Mark Colvin 1952 – 2017
Snot right: bogus boogers beat-up; ‘Fake’ Sheikh of shock; Not so new at The Australian; Good Crinkling News
The Schapelle Corby media circus; The column that really bombed; Alan Jones, pick and stick
Minor voice given a megaphone; Daily Mail, how low can you go?; Australian Press Council v News Corp; Snakes in a car again
Corby keeps the media guessing; Adani still not a done deal; High flying plans don’t add up; Breitbart loses its bite
No loss of shock jock energy; Rebel with a cause to celebrate; Sky's the limit for Channel Ten
Lotto winners and lazy journalism; Scoring points from Grenfell fire ; 'Apex gang' spotted in Newcastle; What's old is new on Sunday Night
Paul Murray's spectacular Sky dummy spit; The Australian's cock-up trifecta; Roxy Jacenko cashing in on media obsession; The slow death of community television; Donald Trump's new fake media smackdown
State of play, news media versus the digital giants Amid a Senate inquiry, a Media Watch special on how Facebook and Google have damaged and might save journalism
Iceberg ahoy!; Amazon is coming; Non apology of the week from the Daily Telegraph; TV news turns off the Top End; International journalism award axed
Rainbow stars in Greens exit; An unholy row; Exploiting tragedy for column inches; Ray's Scomo spray
The Pell show comes to town; Super spruikers; Dual citizenship duel; Flying dry
Reporting on terror raids; Abbott speaks and media repeats; Goodbye to a veteran
Teflon John and his media mates; Same Sex marriage frustration; Nightline kills the radio star; Memo to Mitch Fifield
Media reform battles on; Jumping the gun on a medical breakthrough; Flash mob to cash in; More perils of live TV
A monumental beat up; Same-Sex Campaign; Campaign clanger; Misplaced map outrage
The missing flood story; Reheating Christmas carols outrage; Media marriage friction; Today starts a war
Spot the Tassie Tiger; A matter of trust; Too much publicity is never enough; A picture tells the wrong story
Rebel gets the last laugh; The power of Kmart mums; Media reforms gets green light; Malley's media adventure
Red faces over Roberts reversal; Spruiking supplements; Spot the sponsored content; TV tantrums
Same Love stoush; Seven has more PR woes; Today loves Australia, for a fee
Las Vegas massacre drives fake news; ABC defends correspondent from Federal MP's attack ads; Northern Star HPV headline wrong
The politics of Weinstein; Silencing Ray's spray; Media stays mum; Ipswich or Karachi?
Melania body double bubble; Lisa Walks; Junketing journalists; Christmas in Macau
Citizenship Seven coverage; Raids, leaks and sources; Confessions of a homegrown 'terrorist'; Bushie's irony alert backfires
Citizenship saga bites troubled Turnbull; Media missing on Manus; Deadly treadlies; Facebook fesses up
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Channel Ten's disservice to the west; The Latham vs Faruqi showdown; All aboard the election bus; Richo bemused by the Paradise Papers
QLD Election Coverage; Don Burke allegations; John-Michael Howson's tirade; Karl's 'gotcha' fail
The rush to convict Geoffrey Rush; The sting that stung; Perth to Baku; Lateline signs off
A costly Rush?; Stirring up Milo fever; Superstorm hype runs out of puff; Media Watch – 2017 highlights
- An Australia Day beat up - Not all things good in moderation - Tragedy made worse by insensitive media
- ABC calendar confusion - Unfair shake of the source-bottle?
- An intimate proposal - Toasting the marshmallow - Desperate for any angle - A numbers game
- The no-name game - Credit where credit's due
- February fumbles - Gillard shows off her new Carr - Regulating all with one
- You can't lose what you never had - ABC News 24 signing out - Sticking it to the squillionaires
- Jonesing for the truth, What's in a name? - Own the paper, own the message
- Forbidden fruit tempts ABC News Breakfast - How 60 Minutes and Sunday Night covered the PIP scandal
- When the pictures don't fit the story - A war of words over piracy
Will the citizens of Melbourne pay three dollars a week to read stories online about crime and the footy? Paying for News Ltd, a Media Watch special.
Sorry; Sorry, sort of; False balance leads to confusion
Recording Mr Jones
Same facts, different spin; The speech that burst the press gallery's bubble; A private dispute turned national spectacular
The rise of the personal blogger
Silly sausage; Reporting the bare essentials; Tom Everywhere.com
Bully in the naughty corner; Sub-standard facts; Taking instruction literally; Outsourcing the front page
Bringing you the big news! News values, priorities and politics Don't croc the boat
Longing for a new idea SMH, please explain Yes or no, Minister? Media woes have a silver lining...for PR 2012: A year for media apologies, minus one Good joke, bad joke
- A correction saved their bacon - Applying the common sense rule - Actions speak louder than words - Good journalism is never risk free
- Media circus over a non-story - Public vs Private: Channel 7 not guilty - Much Ado About Nothing - A Serious Mistake
- 2UE’s new mission statement - Graphic Errors
- Adding insult to injury - Foot in the hospital door journalism - Playing the media
- The Asylum Sneakers that weren't - Lawsie fails his eye test - Read it and weep - Spider bait
Lord of the Airwaves; Spinning the Science; "Absolutely" Front Page News
The Shrinking Environmental Disaster; When The Quote Fits; Regrets, Seven Has Few; On the Lap-Bandwagon
Eddie Skates On Thin Ice; Producers Demand More Australian Content; Incredible Find, Credibility Questioned; When Another Quote Fits
What The Puck?; Elementary Mistake Serial Prest; Miffed Minister's Gag; Passport To Identity Theft; Locked, Loaded and Wrong
On 2SM Things "Not OK"; Identity Fully Revealed; Pot Holes in Crack Alley
From Victim to Hussy; Bet It's An Ad; Punting on the TAB
Talking Tuckey; The Australian v Victoria Police; In Search of Zahir Khan
Democracy Alan Jones Style; Trial by Television; Too Much Truth; SBS's Inconvenient Untruth
Will The Tablet Cure Newspapers' Ills?
Sacrificing the language; Prime Minister Rudd AND Robb; Mayoists on the Midday Report; Privacy breach jeopardises a man's safety; Media targets drive-by family; Just doing my job, mate
Mr Actor not Mr Asia; Media Access and Afghanistan; A Lesson in Facebook Friends; Nine Cameraman Update
The Eyjafjallajökull challenge; Fake Transfer; Aunty Advertorial?; The Death of Carl Williams [REDACTED]...
Possum Pie on MTR; Volcanoes v Humans; Media Slugfest Over Storm Mess; Honourable Mention
Unsporting Commentary on the ABC's Grandstand; Over The Cutting Edge; Smoking Out The Spin; News Bites Watchdog
When The Boat Comes In; Veiled Censorship; Cholera Tourer; Copy-Cat Copy-Editor...; Media Watcher Mea Culpa; Here Come De Fudge...
Seven Goes Public on the Private; Advertiser by Name, Advertiser by Nature; And The Mortal Of The Story Is...
A Recipe for Self Promotion; Old News is Cheap News, No News is Cheaper; Regional Dis-Content Redux; Journos: Take Heart and Swallow the Advice; Ask No Questions, Tell No Lies
Automation Not a Sensation Plastic Too Fantastic (Part two) Thou Shalt Not Plagiarise Tacky Tribute
Reporting the Bushfires Seven's "Call for Calm" Opinion or Hate-Mongering?
ABC Oversells Young Australian of the Year Smeared Beat Up Opportunity "Seized" Bowled Over
Bonsai Muddle;Not So Happy Snap; Reporting the Bushfires (Part 2); How Not To Bring Up Baby; Cat Takes a Ride
Taking The Wrong Road; Gratuitous Posting; Project Logies; A Dog of a Yarn; Partial Reporting
Women's Glib; Hypocrisy Unlimited; Go Sea Eagles. Go Nine; Lock, Stock and Airfares
Tabloid Trading
Under The Weather; Santa’s Late Delivery; Freedom of Information; Chinese Whispers; Chairman Ron (again); What’s In a Name
Yesterday’s News; Mugged By The Media; Gambling On The Stats; Who’s The Gawker?
Flinders Ranges Move West; It’s Just Not Cricket; Slow Learners; Making Ads Fun; Automation Sensation Hits Sydney
Badge of Honour; Yours Not So Sincerely; Shark Danger Non Alert; Project 8; Another Badge of Honour
SBS News' Technical Woes; The Problem With “Illegals”; Popoff Pops Up Again; Val and Macca’s Chats
Swine Flu Fever; Four Corners and the Phuong Ngo Case
Eighties Pop Band Rules Fiji; Messing With Missiles; Karl’s Crystal Ball; Suspect Revelation; Bikie Exclusive or Bikie Porky?
A Croc of Priorities; Calling From the Sidelines; Sour Dealings; Where's My Autocue?
Dust Storm Heads West; Jazzi No; All Aboard The Gravox Train; PM's Trail Goes Cold; Alan's Missing Questions
Barrie’s Sunday Morning Rap; Regional "Churnalism"; Aussie Travellers Beware; Private Account Goes Public; Want Longer Lasting... Interview? Call Kyle and Jackie O
A Baby Worth Clicking On; Daily Mercury's Snazzy Headlines; Spider-Ad; How Do You Air A Bad Joke?
Armed Dingo; There's No Other Store; Spruiking The Punt; Hinch's Hunch; Reshuffle Muddle
Fed Up Flu; Inappropriate Match Up; A Nation of Pot Heads?; Underbelly Overkill; Hello Madonna... Are you there?; Fake Email Train
Journalists and Their Sources; One Death Too Many
A Super Problem; Tennis, Lies and Videotape; Reporting Michael Jackson's Death
A Chequered Career; The Perils of Facebook; The ABC of Logos; Not So Happy Aussies; Dangers of Recycling
The Daily Telegraph's Poh-llercoaster; Making Mincemeat of Media Patsies; The Sums of Swine Flu; A Squabble over Squatting
It's All In the Stars; Moon Walkers Mix-Up; Terrorist Attack, Hoax or Unexploded Bomb?; Pursuing the Victim; Undiplomatic Sound Bite; "Dirty Little Secrets"
Fun - Kyle and Jackie O Style; Old Laws Rewritten
Joke or Impertinence?; Late Edition Arrives Early; Journalists and Their Sources (part 2); TEN's Real Estate Trifecta
The Right Priorities; Paying to Clear A Name - Again; Gusmao v The ABC; Behind The News Is Ahead Of The Times
Welles Or-Well; Censorship or Common Sense?; Jetstar Stars on Seven; Con's Conflict
Dan's Hair Suit; Who is Winnie Nelson?; Rumour-Fuelled Ratings Chase; Aboard the Gastric Band-wagon; Front Page Exploitation; Kevin's 'impeachable' sources
Who Found Tim Holding?; Private Life or Public Scandal?; The Media in Mullumbimby
Massaging the Headlines; Left and Right of the ABC; Saying Sorry Twice Over; Juvenile Injustice; Geography Lessons Needed
Giving the PM a Bad Rep; Hot On The Trail; It Looks Like An Ad... But Is It?; Who's The Monkey?
Getting High on the Numbers; Boasting Bludger or Gullible Prey?; Deception Detection Deficiency; Florid Mathematics
Saucy Cover; Embedding in Afghanistan; Flashy Promo; Advanced Spin... Yeah Yeah!
Unwanted PET; Kim Jong the Second; What's In a Draft Code?; Heard the One about the Woman Driver?; Too-confronting Art
Breakfast Wind-Up; End Of The Free Ride
Welfare and Refugees; Regional Dis-Content
Supercilious, Moi?; Mistaken Identity All Round; Nine Delivers A Shock; The "Publishers' Poodle" Bites
Where's the Weather?; Building The Pay Wall; Mystery Punter A Hoaxer; Loveless Fake Attracts the Media; Daily Tele Pwned!
A retrospective featuring the best, funniest and most important moments over the program's colourful history over two decades.
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Language | English |
Release | 1989-05-08 |
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