Media Watch
Media Watch: Season 2018

Air Date

February 5, 2018

Episodes

44 episodes

Media Watch

Season 2018

Episodes

1. Episode 1

February 5, 2018
15 min

Media companies oppose draft laws; Muslim fashion outrage; Nine News for sale

2. Episode 2

February 12, 2018
15 min

Would you like facts with that?; The Barnaby affair; Cabinet leaks: from scoop to sorry

3. Episode 3

February 19, 2018
15 min

Turnbull sex ban; Taxing times at the ABC; The RSPCA and public accountability; Back from the future

4. Episode 4

February 26, 2018
15 min

Wrong picture; 60 Minutes Investigation; Rush v The Daily Telegraph

5. Episode 5

March 5, 2018
15 min

ABC rallies the troops; Nick Cater’s hypocrisy; Mass shootings covered LIVE; More ads masquerading as news

6. Episode 6

March 12, 2018
15 min

Herald Sun removes Tessa Sullivan articles; Britain's Sunday Times denies hacking; 'Talking Lifestyle' axed; Studio Ten rips off Today Tonight

7. Episode 7

March 19, 2018
15 min

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

8. Episode 8

March 26, 2018
15 min

The latest MH370 theory is full of holes; White privilege outrage; Instagram spruiking; Charity rejects donation from 7's Sunday Night

9. Episode 9

April 9, 2018
15 min

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

10. Episode 10

April 16, 2018
15 min

Protesters storm Sunrise, again; Rush v The Daily Telegraph, update; Photoshopping Jen and Brad; Pushing medicinal marijuana

11. Episode 11

April 23, 2018
15 min

Frontpage Vegemite madness; Royal commission backtrack; Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching; Rush v The Daily Telegraph, update

12. Episode 12

April 30, 2018
15 min

Nine's ANZAC blunder; Eddie McGuire's fake supplement ad; Glossing over Myanmar; Media drops celebrity financial planner

13. Episode 13

May 7, 2018
15 min

Press freedom under attack; Sophie Mirabella vs the Benalla Ensign; ABC ruled impartial; Ice Age warning

14. Episode 14

May 14, 2018
15 min

Budget cuts at ABC; Cambodian press freedom; How to stage a paparazzi pic; Royal Wedding countdown

15. Episode 15

May 21, 2018
15 min

Royal Wedding capers; Press Council pings Daily Telegraph, again; Reporting on murder suicides; Legal secrets

16. Episode 16

May 28, 2018
15 min

Pub etiquette, PM falsely accused; Ipswich corruption scandal; Facebook bans Cancer Council poo ads; Photoshopping Jen and Brad, again

17. Episode 17

June 4, 2018
15 min

Seven's Barnaby flop; Pollies dodging questions; Far right activist Tommy Robinson jailed

18. Episode 18

June 11, 2018
15 min

Poo jogger; Suicide reporting; Sugar hit; Wagga's paywall rebellion

19. Episode 19

June 18, 2018
15 min

Qantas 'nosedive'; Alan Jones defamation trial; Killer Instinct undone; Daily Telegraph sells out

20. Episode 20

June 25, 2018
15 min

Privatising the ABC?

21. Episode 21

July 2, 2018
15 min

Sky sexism apology; Timor spying; Plastic bag ban; Vale Liz Jackson

22. Episode 22

July 9, 2018
15 min

Thai Cave Rescue; Fairfax bungle GST; NW - the art of fabrication; Wagga's Daily Advertiser; Not Seven News

23. Episode 23

July 16, 2018
15 min

Let her work; Basketbrawl fallout; 60 Minutes Dhakota Williams; Herald Sun apology

24. Episode 24

July 23, 2018
15 min

Sunrise cave theft; Cliff Richard v The BBC; Sleeping Giants rise against Sky; Not on Seven Perth

25. Episode 25

July 30, 2018
15 min

Media merger; One Big Switch; Out with a bang; Lee Lin Chin signs off

26. Episode 26

August 6, 2018
15 min

Kyle's media circus; Andrew Bolt's foreigner rant; WIN News runs PR puff; Enough Bags

27. Episode 27

August 13, 2018
15 min

Sky News backlash; Fairfax v Ben Roberts-Smith; Karl's reef affair; Rush v Daily Telegraph - update

28. Episode 28

August 20, 2018
15 min

Katter Solution; The Tele’s gender wars; Petulant West Australian; No WIN for Tasmania

29. Episode 29

August 27, 2018
15 min

How powerful voices in the media waged war on a Prime Minister

30. Episode 30

September 3, 2018
15 min

Comedy Conviction; Hats off to the new PM; Ramsay St for sale; Playing the man

31. Episode 31

September 10, 2018
15 min

Bulldog bulldust; Skripal poisoning; Reporting from Nauru; Palmer pushback

32. Episode 32

September 17, 2018
15 min

Buyer beware; Missing climate; Jones judgement; PR emergency

33. Episode 33

September 24, 2018
15 min

Guthrie gone; Interview emBRAgoed; 60 Minutes property; Media moguls

34. Episode 34

October 1, 2018
15 min

ABC chaos, Who dunnit, Tech junkets

35. Episode 35

October 8, 2018
15 min

Climate calamity; High stakes, Minor debacle

36. Episode 36

October 15, 2018
15 min

Climate coverage; religious freedom furphy; Goodbye Hendo

37. Episode 37

October 22, 2018
15 min

Wentworth washup; Wrong police car; Serial prankster; Saudi journalist murdered

38. Episode 38

October 29, 2018
15 min

Media terror; 'Fair dinkum' power; Geelong nudie run; Royals in Fiji

39. Episode 39

November 5, 2018
15 min

Fury at the Mail

40. Episode 40

November 12, 2018
15 min

Missing Mark; True-blue ScoMo; Media freeze; Cancer confusion.

41. Episode 41

November 19, 2018
15 min

Bali virus beat-up; Trump v CNN; Police PR; Small store, big hype

42. Episode 42

November 26, 2018
15 min

Chasing Renae; SA press freedom; Dirty tricks fallout; Roast Lamb

43. Episode 43

December 3, 2018
15 min

Milne v Guthrie; Lead poisoning panic; Mobile pedestrians; Banking media.

44. Episode 44

December 10, 2018
15 min

Trial by podcast; Pay for access; Karl coverage; #MeToo Christmas.