Media Watch
An Australian media analysis television program currently focusing on critiquing the Australian media.
Genre: Documentary
Actor: Paul Barry
Type: tv
Season: 27
Episode: 1
Duration: 15m
Release: 1989
Rating: 5.4
Season 27 - Media Watch
Season 2010 - Media Watch
2010-02-08
"Lord of the Airwaves; Spinning the Science; \"Absolutely\" Front Page News"
2010-02-15
"The Shrinking Environmental Disaster; When The Quote Fits; Regrets, Seven Has Few; On the Lap-Bandwagon"
2010-02-22
"Eddie Skates On Thin Ice; Producers Demand More Australian Content; Incredible Find, Credibility Questioned; When Another Quote Fits"
2010-03-01
"What The Puck?; Elementary Mistake Serial Prest; Miffed Minister's Gag; Passport To Identity Theft; Locked, Loaded and Wrong"
2010-03-08
"On 2SM Things \"Not OK\"; Identity Fully Revealed; Pot Holes in Crack Alley"
2010-03-22
"Talking Tuckey; The Australian v Victoria Police; In Search of Zahir Khan"
2010-03-29
"Democracy Alan Jones Style; Trial by Television; Too Much Truth; SBS's Inconvenient Untruth"
2010-04-05
"Will The Tablet Cure Newspapers' Ills?"
2010-04-12
"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"
2010-04-19
"Mr Actor not Mr Asia; Media Access and Afghanistan; A Lesson in Facebook Friends; Nine Cameraman Update"
2010-04-26
"The Eyjafjallajökull challenge; Fake Transfer; Aunty Advertorial?; The Death of Carl Williams [REDACTED]..."
2010-05-03
"Possum Pie on MTR; Volcanoes v Humans; Media Slugfest Over Storm Mess; Honourable Mention"
2010-05-10
"Unsporting Commentary on the ABC's Grandstand; Over The Cutting Edge; Smoking Out The Spin; News Bites Watchdog"
2010-05-17
"When The Boat Comes In; Veiled Censorship; Cholera Tourer; Copy-Cat Copy-Editor...; Media Watcher Mea Culpa; Here Come De Fudge..."
2010-05-24
"Seven Goes Public on the Private; Advertiser by Name, Advertiser by Nature; And The Mortal Of The Story Is..."
2010-05-31
"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"
Season 2011 - Media Watch
2011-02-07
"- A correction saved their bacon\n\n- Applying the common sense rule\n\n- Actions speak louder than words\n\n- Good journalism is never risk free"
2011-02-14
"- Media circus over a non-story\n\n- Public vs Private: Channel 7 not guilty\n\n- Much Ado About Nothing\n\n- A Serious Mistake"
2011-02-28
"- Adding insult to injury\n\n- Foot in the hospital door journalism\n\n- Playing the media"
2011-03-07
"- The Asylum Sneakers that weren't\n\n- Lawsie fails his eye test\n\n- Read it and weep\n\n- Spider bait"
Season 2012 - Media Watch
2012-02-06
"- An Australia Day beat up\n\n- Not all things good in moderation\n\n- Tragedy made worse by insensitive media"
2012-02-20
"- An intimate proposal\n\n- Toasting the marshmallow\n\n- Desperate for any angle\n\n- A numbers game"
2012-03-05
"- February fumbles\n\n- Gillard shows off her new Carr\n\n- Regulating all with one"
2012-03-12
"- You can't lose what you never had\n\n- ABC News 24 signing out\n\n- Sticking it to the squillionaires"
2012-03-19
"- Jonesing for the truth, What's in a name?\n\n- Own the paper, own the message"
2012-03-26
"- Forbidden fruit tempts ABC News Breakfast\n\n- How 60 Minutes and Sunday Night covered the PIP scandal"
2012-04-02
"- When the pictures don't fit the story\n\n- A war of words over piracy"
2012-04-09
"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."
2012-10-15
"Same facts, different spin; The speech that burst the press gallery's bubble; A private dispute turned national spectacular"
2012-11-05
"Bully in the naughty corner; Sub-standard facts; Taking instruction literally; Outsourcing the front page"
2012-11-19
"Bringing you the big news! News values, priorities and politics Don't croc the boat"
2012-11-26
"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"
Season 2016 - Media Watch
Season 2017 - Media Watch
2017-02-06
"In the Alice in Wonderland world of fake news and alternative facts, what can the media do in search for the truth?"
2017-02-13
"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"
2017-02-20
"Not just fake news but no news; Sex, lies and injunctions; Court copy cats caught out; James Hird and the 'female friend'"
2017-02-27
"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"
2017-03-06
"The new Italian Astronaut; Travel tales too good to be true?; Peter Dutton, next Liberal leader? And Karl coverage overload"
2017-03-13
"Exclusive interview or airport ambush?; Controversial claims get the soft treatment; Punchbowl story missing in action; Satirical protest taken seriously; BBC interview interrupted"
2017-03-20
"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"
2017-03-27
"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."
2017-04-03
"Latham lessons not learnt; Media love a miracle; First on Nine five years late and Cyclone Debbie coverage"
2017-04-10
"What lies beneath; Media war over Syria; Internal war at News Corp and Red faces over blushing bride story"
2017-04-24
"Close call; Going for gold; Putin critics pay with lives and Prime time PR puff"
2017-05-01
"Anzac Day outrage; News sites spinning Reddit rubbish; What next for Channel 10? And Paul Antonopoulos forced out"
2017-05-15
"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"
2017-05-22
"Snot right: bogus boogers beat-up; ‘Fake’ Sheikh of shock; Not so new at The Australian; Good Crinkling News"
2017-05-29
"The Schapelle Corby media circus; The column that really bombed; Alan Jones, pick and stick"
2017-06-05
"Minor voice given a megaphone; Daily Mail, how low can you go?; Australian Press Council v News Corp; Snakes in a car again"
2017-06-12
"Corby keeps the media guessing; Adani still not a done deal; High flying plans don’t add up; Breitbart loses its bite"
2017-06-19
"No loss of shock jock energy; Rebel with a cause to celebrate; Sky's the limit for Channel Ten"
2017-06-26
"Lotto winners and lazy journalism; Scoring points from Grenfell fire ; 'Apex gang' spotted in Newcastle; What's old is new on Sunday Night"
2017-07-03
"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"
2017-07-10
"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"
2017-07-17
"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"
2017-07-24
"Rainbow stars in Greens exit; An unholy row; Exploiting tragedy for column inches; Ray's Scomo spray"
2017-07-31
"The Pell show comes to town; Super spruikers; Dual citizenship duel; Flying dry"
2017-08-07
"Reporting on terror raids; Abbott speaks and media repeats; Goodbye to a veteran"
2017-08-14
"Teflon John and his media mates; Same Sex marriage frustration; Nightline kills the radio star; Memo to Mitch Fifield"
2017-08-21
"Media reform battles on; Jumping the gun on a medical breakthrough; Flash mob to cash in; More perils of live TV"
2017-08-28
"A monumental beat up; Same-Sex Campaign; Campaign clanger; Misplaced map outrage"
2017-09-04
"The missing flood story; Reheating Christmas carols outrage; Media marriage friction; Today starts a war"
2017-09-11
"Spot the Tassie Tiger; A matter of trust; Too much publicity is never enough; A picture tells the wrong story"
2017-09-18
"Rebel gets the last laugh; The power of Kmart mums; Media reforms gets green light; Malley's media adventure"
2017-09-25
"Red faces over Roberts reversal; Spruiking supplements; Spot the sponsored content; TV tantrums"
2017-10-02
"Same Love stoush; Seven has more PR woes; Today loves Australia, for a fee"
2017-10-09
"Las Vegas massacre drives fake news; ABC defends correspondent from Federal MP's attack ads; Northern Star HPV headline wrong"
2017-10-16
"The politics of Weinstein; Silencing Ray's spray; Media stays mum; Ipswich or Karachi?"
2017-10-23
"Melania body double bubble; Lisa Walks; Junketing journalists; Christmas in Macau"
2017-10-30
"Citizenship Seven coverage; Raids, leaks and sources; Confessions of a homegrown 'terrorist'; Bushie's irony alert backfires"
2017-11-06
"Citizenship saga bites troubled Turnbull; Media missing on Manus; Deadly treadlies; Facebook fesses up"
2017-11-20
"Channel Ten's disservice to the west; The Latham vs Faruqi showdown; All aboard the election bus; Richo bemused by the Paradise Papers"
2017-11-27
"QLD Election Coverage; Don Burke allegations; John-Michael Howson's tirade; Karl's 'gotcha' fail"
2017-12-04
"The rush to convict Geoffrey Rush; The sting that stung; Perth to Baku; Lateline signs off"
2017-12-11
"A costly Rush?; Stirring up Milo fever; Superstorm hype runs out of puff; Media Watch – 2017 highlights"
Season 2018 - Media Watch
2018-02-05
"Media companies oppose draft laws; Muslim fashion outrage; Nine News for sale"
2018-02-12
"Would you like facts with that?; The Barnaby affair; Cabinet leaks: from scoop to sorry"
2018-02-19
"Turnbull sex ban; Taxing times at the ABC; The RSPCA and public accountability; Back from the future"
2018-03-05
"ABC rallies the troops; Nick Cater’s hypocrisy; Mass shootings covered LIVE; More ads masquerading as news"
2018-03-12
"Herald Sun removes Tessa Sullivan articles; Britain's Sunday Times denies hacking; 'Talking Lifestyle' axed; Studio Ten rips off Today Tonight"
2018-03-19
"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"
2018-03-26
"The latest MH370 theory is full of holes; White privilege outrage; Instagram spruiking; Charity rejects donation from 7's Sunday Night"
2018-04-09
"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"
2018-04-16
"Protesters storm Sunrise, again; Rush v The Daily Telegraph, update; Photoshopping Jen and Brad; Pushing medicinal marijuana"
2018-04-23
"Frontpage Vegemite madness; Royal commission backtrack; Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching; Rush v The Daily Telegraph, update"
2018-04-30
"Nine's ANZAC blunder; Eddie McGuire's fake supplement ad; Glossing over Myanmar; Media drops celebrity financial planner"
2018-05-07
"Press freedom under attack; Sophie Mirabella vs the Benalla Ensign; ABC ruled impartial; Ice Age warning"
2018-05-14
"Budget cuts at ABC; Cambodian press freedom; How to stage a paparazzi pic; Royal Wedding countdown"
2018-05-21
"Royal Wedding capers; Press Council pings Daily Telegraph, again; Reporting on murder suicides; Legal secrets"
2018-05-28
"Pub etiquette, PM falsely accused; Ipswich corruption scandal; Facebook bans Cancer Council poo ads; Photoshopping Jen and Brad, again"
2018-06-04
"Seven's Barnaby flop; Pollies dodging questions; Far right activist Tommy Robinson jailed"
2018-06-18
"Qantas 'nosedive'; Alan Jones defamation trial; Killer Instinct undone; Daily Telegraph sells out"
2018-07-09
"Thai Cave Rescue; Fairfax bungle GST; NW - the art of fabrication; Wagga's Daily Advertiser; Not Seven News"
2018-07-16
"Let her work; Basketbrawl fallout; 60 Minutes Dhakota Williams; Herald Sun apology"
2018-07-23
"Sunrise cave theft; Cliff Richard v The BBC; Sleeping Giants rise against Sky; Not on Seven Perth"
2018-08-06
"Kyle's media circus; Andrew Bolt's foreigner rant; WIN News runs PR puff; Enough Bags"
2018-08-13
"Sky News backlash; Fairfax v Ben Roberts-Smith; Karl's reef affair; Rush v Daily Telegraph - update"
2018-08-20
"Katter Solution; The Tele’s gender wars; Petulant West Australian; No WIN for Tasmania"
2018-09-03
"Comedy Conviction; Hats off to the new PM; Ramsay St for sale; Playing the man"
2018-09-10
"Bulldog bulldust; Skripal poisoning; Reporting from Nauru; Palmer pushback"
2018-10-22
"Wentworth washup; Wrong police car; Serial prankster; Saudi journalist murdered"
2018-12-03
"Milne v Guthrie; Lead poisoning panic; Mobile pedestrians; Banking media."
Season 2019 - Media Watch
2019-02-04
"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."
2019-02-11
"Is there no end to Clive Palmer's media blitz? Plus a failure to disclose by Sunrise's David Koch."
2019-02-18
"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."
2019-02-25
"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."
2019-03-04
"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."
2019-03-11
"60 Minutes caught out - can you believe their denial. Plus PM Scott Morrison's campaign trip to Christmas Island."
2019-03-18
"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?"
2019-03-25
"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'?"
2019-04-01
"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."
2019-04-08
"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."
2019-04-29
"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."
2019-05-06
"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?"
2019-05-13
"Election battleground; News vs Bill Shorten; All about the image and Ads on Aunty. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-05-20
"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."
2019-05-27
"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."
2019-06-03
"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."
2019-06-10
"A Media Watch feature report on police raids targeting News Corp and ABC journalists."
2019-06-17
"Credlin and Adani; Sunday Night woes and Credit card munch. Presented by Paul Barry"
2019-06-24
"Nuclear debate; IKEA spruikers; Court dismissed. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-07-01
"Gleeson's Gold; Facebook defamation; Plastic bag panic; Bulger killer. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-07-08
"Game, set, match, Kyrgios; Media Raids update; Cash for case studies; Wawa revelation. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-07-15
"Four Corners' water splash; Paradise lost; Solar stunner; Housing affordable and Love Boat tour. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-07-22
"Moon landing hoax; Journalist Information Warrants; Pauline and Uluru; MasterChef scandal. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-07-29
"ABC blunders; Au revoir, press freedom; TV underbelly and interview interrupted. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-08-05
"Bolt vs Thunberg; Krokodil hysteria; BuzzFeed says sorry and Council media. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-08-12
"Hong Kong chaos; TV news likes Facebook; plus US guns and games. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-08-19
"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."
2019-08-26
"Mattress mayhem; Attack, apologise, attack again; 5G fears; Ben Simmons - friend or foe?"
2019-09-02
"Trash talk; Reef attack; Block ads; Trump Derangement Syndrome. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-09-09
"'Independent. Always'; 60 Minutes v Meghan Markle; Roasting vegans; Letters galore. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-09-16
"Climate fire; Media pressure; Jones' review; and Great grout. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-09-23
"Conversation stopper; ABC wrong on Price; Driving subs and Murray's Trump card. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-09-30
"PM sledges media over climate; Mayor & the media; Brand expose; Sorry Sandilands. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-10-07
"Trump gets censored.\n\nAdios Sunday Night.\n\nVaping donations go undisclosed.\n\nThe Phantom of the Internet returns."
2019-10-14
"Speed bump jokers; Sky's drought hero; Perils of speaking out; MasterChef predictions. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-10-21
"Horse deaths; Fury over Farrow; Cash for controversy. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-10-28
"Whodunnit? The mysterious tale of Minister Angus Taylor, the dodgy document and The Daily Telegraph. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-11-04
"The sad story of Ashleigh Petrie; Risky butt lifts; Real estate fiction. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-12-02
"Farewell Today Tonight; Pacific/China media; The Australian defends Plimer; Drover's smoko. Presented by Paul Barry."
2019-12-09
"Medevac media; FOI failure; Anti-vaxxers on Aunty; Mags royal mania. Presented by Paul Barry. (Final for 2019)"
Season 2025 - Media Watch
2025-02-03
"Media Watch returns with new host Linton Besser. This week: A media storm over big asylum seeker figures, but did anyone check the numbers? Nine ditches Darwin news; plus Planet America has a podcast - or does it?"
2025-02-10
"Trump 2.0 media circus; ABC's 'Antoinette issue'; Nine's beach house porkies. Presented by Linton Besser."
2025-02-17
"Sam Newman's nazi boost; Daily Tele's stunt backfires; Seven's horoscope horror. Presented by Linton Besser."
2025-02-24
"'Jack The Ripper' revelations come back from the dead and the media keep forgetting. Seven puffs up golden boy Basil Zempilas in the WA elections. Plus Murdoch family infighting casts doubt over the company's future."
2025-03-03
"Marty Sheargold's jibe at the Matildas proves the final straw for Triple M bosses. A foreign interference scoop proves a dud. Plus Sky's Steve Price attempts his own Media Watch-style investigation."
2025-03-10
"Commercial TV networks go all in on Cyclone Alfred coverage, Labor scores a win with misreported housing numbers, plus Trump takes control of the White House press pack - giving supportive outlets new prominence."
2025-03-17
"The explosive laden caravan turns out to be a con job. Clive Palmer tries to provoke outrage and succeeds at The Age. Political commentator and one-time Liberal Party candidate depicted as an average punter on news website."
2025-03-24
"Claims by The Australian that Yallourn coal plant will have its life extended come under scrutiny. Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's fight against Meta over scam ads. AI shopping ads give surprise fashion advice on Seven's website."
2025-03-31
"Labor invites social media influencers into budget lockup, Star journo Nick McKenzie caught on secret recording, plus There's a bear in there: an un-bear-lievable tale from The Australian."
2025-04-07
"Miracle sports water: Seven gives oxygenated water too much oxygen. Travel insurance tales: 1Cover's warm embrace by news outlets. Plus radio rebels rebuked: Another ACMA gong for Kyle and Jackie O."
2025-04-14
"Billionaire gives back: Adrian Portelli's cash splash whips shoppers and the news media into a frenzy. Plus reins of power - racing industry criticism curiously goes missing."
2025-04-28
"Poll position: A shock SMS poll result boots a Labor heavyweight, but raises questions. Plus an old-school comedian reaches out to an old acquaintance - ABC Chair Kim Williams - for help scoring interviews."
2025-05-05
"Election surprise: Labor's landslide win - why some media failed to sway voters. SBS's new family DNA show, with a big-pocketed partner backing it. Plus a touching greyhound racing story in the Herald Sun shows the tail wags the dog."
2025-05-12
"Holy smoke: How the election of a new Pope caught some in the media off guard. Nine's travel lift out showcases a new destination a little too far off the beaten track. Plus WA media gives the cold shoulder to its new NRL team."
Season 2026 - Media Watch
2026-02-02
"Nine newspapers served up Australian Open coverage, but did the ball fall wide of the line? Did the media amplify the Trump administration's narrative around the Minnesota killings?"
2026-02-09
"The alleged Australian terror attack that almost barely caused a whimper: Did the media miss the story? The radio doctor quietly profiting from the supplement he promotes on air. Plus The Art of Distraction by Andrew Hastie."
2026-02-16
"A leadership refresh proves the ultimate banquet for Canberra journalists. ASIO rebukes Four Corners which aired accusations of intelligence failures leading up to the Bondi Beach massacre. Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison."
2026-02-23
"The royal formerly known as Prince Andrew was front page news (almost) everywhere. From political outsider to second-place contender, One Nation's polling surge demands a deeper look at their policies."
2026-03-02
"Missiles fly across the Middle East, as the world's media makes tough decisions about what conflict to cover. Ukraine fades from view as the hazards intensify for reporters on the ground."
2026-03-09
"The conflict in Iran marks a new chapter in AI-generated war imagery; The Kyle and Jackie O split marks the $200 million collapse of a high-stakes radio gamble."
2026-03-16
"Journalists scramble to verify the tragic death of school children in Iran. Scared or safe? Dubai influencers caught in Iran's crosshairs mysteriously change their tune."
2026-03-23
"Allegations of violence made against media mogul Antony Catalano amid the steady decline of his regional news empire. Google AI summaries mean opportunity for big news players, and Armageddon for the little guys."
2026-03-30
"Algorithm addiction: Court finds Google and Meta apps were like drugs of addiction. Predators online: US court finds Facebook distributed child sexual material. Plus Doctor who? Australian Story puffs up a discredited orthopaedic surgeon."
2026-04-13
"Media blockade: Trump opens a second front, declaring war on CNN's Iran reporting. Plus docu-series 'Aussie Gold Hunters' has been a hit with audiences around the world, but are they serving up real treasure or just fool's gold?"
2026-04-20
"Hungary's new leader vows to restore independence to his country's media following years of dismantling by Viktor Orban. The Racing NSW logo disappears from the pages of the Sydney Morning Herald's form guide."
2026-04-27
"Kyle and Jackie foes: Court case documents reveal the behind-the-scenes spats were as unsavoury as their breakfast banter. A renewable energy expose by Seven's flagship investigation program Spotlight found to have omitted key facts."
2026-05-04
"Seven's latest home reno show My Reno Rules promises its audience big prizes, but are viewers really told just how much these \"free\" giveaways cost?"
2026-05-11
"From flight trackers to walking down the plane aisle, no effort was spared to capture the so-called 'ISIS brides' returning home."
2026-05-18
"Seven misidentified an ISIS Bride, even after she notified them they had the wrong photo. How GB News leveraged politician-hosts to shake up British elections. Plus the WA shed-home business that used their inside connections for free coverage."
2026-05-25
"Amid budget fallout, small businesses fight tax changes with memes and a little creative license. Charlie Teo fights against restrictions with a little help from a sympathetic media."
2026-06-01
"Why the juiced-up athletes at the Enhanced Games weren't about selling athletic glory, but pharmaceuticals. The West Australian reports a \"blood feud\" between Liberal Andrew Hastie and accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith."
2026-06-08
"Turmoil at CBS continues with the firing of longtime '60 Minutes' reporter Scott Pelley, One Nation's playbook of bypassing traditional media for social channels has seen it surpass major parties in popularity."
2026-06-15
"The role of Elon Musk in the Belfast riots show again, how his platform X, is used to stoke outrage. Plus a preference-flow graph in the Australian Financial Review includes political parties you've never heard of."
2026-06-22
"A planned cull of wild horses has The Daily Telegraph chomping at the bit to voice its disapproval. 60 Minutes fails to give its audience the full picture when covering two child-abduction cases."
2026-06-29
"Karlito's Way: Karl Stefanovic loses his job after embracing a controversial anti-Islam activist. Giggle Gagged: The ABC rejects an opinion piece by business woman Sall Grover."
2026-07-06
"Australian media spare no detail in its coverage of a Thai teen's murder. BHP shows off its shiny electric truck and spins its green credentials. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce manage to keep their public wedding very private."
