Media Watch - Season 17 / Year 2020
Season 17 / Year 2020
Episodes
Episode 1
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.
Episode 2
Coronavirus fake news; Media trust; NW mag unchecked; Taylor whodunnit unsolved. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 3
Coronavirus panic; Super yacht dud; Nine loves Costco; ABC raids found lawful. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 4
Sorry Bolt; ABC exclusive dropped; Fake farming crisis; Media tricked. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 5
Viral panic; Bettina Arndt condemned; IPA v ABC; Today's red faces.
Episode 6
Toilet paper panic; Vale AAP; Trolls exposed; Climate myth busting. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 7
Paul Barry looks at the leading media issues of the week including COVID-19 hits the media, tabloid tactics, and Grimshaw gossip.
Episode 8
Australia shutdown: Fake news, conspiracy theories, calls to stay calm. How can the media help contain the deadly spread?
Episode 9
Paul Barry examines some of the media issues of the week including social distancing shaming, media corona casualties and corona cliche.
Episode 10
Paul Barry examines some of the media issues of the week including lockdown lifting, the media is hurting, plus sports and entertainment rewind.
Episode 11
The ABC has been condemned for leading a witch hunt against George Pell. So, how does its coverage stack up against that charge?
Episode 12
Stokes blackout; Hydroxychloroquine disappoints; 5G kills plants; Karl's hypocrisy.
Episode 13
Virus lab theory; Palaszczuk's fake jab; Palmer's drug blitz. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 14
Paul Barry looks into some of the big media issues of the week - Laidley arrest, Wuhan lab dossier, plus Hadley's remorse.
Episode 15
Exit Alan Jones; Bauer's brutal cull; plus Ruby Princess inquiry.
Episode 16
Nine's Palm Island investigation; Hyped vaccine news; Big W's big ad.
Episode 17
News Corp kills ink; Harry's housing calls; Good grief.
Episode 18
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?
Episode 19
Lacking diversity; Secret trial; Darwin barney.
Episode 20
Today Show ethics; Maria Ressa interview; Bauer's fire sale.
Episode 21
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.
Episode 22
ABC raids update; Hong Kong censorship; West Australian sorry; Chess beat-up.
Episode 23
Victoria virus; Hanson dumped; By-election scorcher; Al Jazeera Malaysia. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 24
Today Show 'whack jobs'; Falconio Murder; Fake Tiger King.
Episode 25
Online abuse; Perth's media mayor; Magazine cull continues; Zodiac fake news.
Episode 26
Named and shamed; Defamation hopes; Cancel culture cooked.
Episode 27
Pandemic misfire; Mystery COVID modelling; AFL reporter benched; Devine defamation.
Episode 28
Ruby Princess and the ABC; The West's pest; Kamala cartoon; TV diversity; Women's Weekly fail.
Episode 29
Vaccine spin; Stokes, Basil and the West; Local news; Game over; Alberici and the ABC.
Episode 30
Peter Foster sting; Making big tech pay; Ita on line 2; Daily Mail beat-up; 'Learnings'.
Episode 31
The fake news scandal at Nine Entertainment's Domain website. Minister's downfall. Arson debunked. Plus Facebook's tantrum over paying for news.
Episode 32
China escape; Online polls gamed; Ten News axed; ABC goodbyes.
Episode 33
Snake fakes; #DictatorDan campaign; Sydney Olympics; Press Council offence; Devine apology.
Episode 34
Trump's tricks: 'Delusional' Karen; Podcast peril; Domain caught again; Border Watch returns. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 35
Trump's diagnosis; Body language experts; ABC muzzled?; Is this an ad?
Episode 36
Seven sorry; Hydroxy spurned; ScoMo's spin; New name, same rubbish.
Episode 37
Rudd's crusade; Reef story missing; ACA sued; Drug hot spots; Charges dropped.
Episode 38
Episode 39
Episode 40
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?
Episode 41
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.
Episode 42
War crime allegations; Smear war; Princess Di and the BBC.
Episode 43
Premier v press; Picture perfect PM; A victory for truth.
Episode 44
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