Media Watch: Recent Episodes
ABC TV
Media Watch is Australia's leading forum for media analysis and comment, screening on ABC TV on Monday at 9.15 pm. Turns a critical eye on the media in general and journalism in particular
Media Watch 2026 Episode 23: Regime's Restrictions; Commission Confrontation; Magazine Mishap
Media Watch 2026 Episode 20: Brumby wars erupt; Custody claims; WIN viewers seeing double
Media Watch 2026 Episode 18: Gone in 60 Minutes; Operation One Nation; Sportsbet’s spotlight
Media Watch 2026 Episode 16: Funny business; Surgeon's supporters; Back to school for BTN
Media Watch 2026 Episode 15: You may now miss the bride; Rule, Britannia!; All in the family
Media Watch 2026 Episode 13: Reno revelations; Big Tech tantrum; Press freedom freefall
Media Watch 2026 Episode 12: Kyle and Jackie foes; Clean, green nightmare; Feeding frenzy
Media Watch 2026 Episode 11: Hungary’s media recovery; The late scratching; Gift for review
Media Watch 2026 Episode 05: Epic Fury Unleashed; Ukraine fatigue; Nine's non-disclosure
Media Watch 2025 Episode 10: Miracle sports water; Travel insurance tales; Radio rebels rebuked
Media Watch 2025 Episode 09: Influencers take Canberra; Star journo’s secret recording; There’s a bear in there
Media Watch 2025 Episode 08: Plant Closure Questions; Twiggy’s Meta Fight; Seven’s Robot Fashionistas
Media Watch 2025 Episode 06: Alfred's media moment; Housing number questions; Trump’s press pals
Media Watch 2025 Episode 05: Marty Sheargold’s red card; The Australian's unreliable source; Steve Price investigates.
Media Watch 2025 Episode 04: ‘Jack The Ripper’ amnesia; Seven boosts Basil; Murdoch family drama
Media Watch 2025 Episode 03: Sam Newman’s Nazi boost; Daily Tele’s stunt backfires; Seven’s horoscope horror
Media Watch 2025 Episode 02: Trump 2.0 media circus; ABC’s ‘Antoinette issue’; Nine's beach house porkies.
Media Watch 2025 Episode 01: Asylum visa error; Nine ditches Darwin news; Planet spin-off pushes merch.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 42: Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok ban!; Macca and Dick; ABC Radio Upheaval.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 39: A US election special. Will billionaire media moguls swing the US presidential election? Will a re-elected Trump punish the mainstream media? Should the media believe the opinion polls?
Media Watch 2024 Episode 38: Billionaire Blunder; Israel strike kills 3 reporters; No, Harvey, No!
Media Watch 2024 Episode 36: Hurricane Heroics; Gaza media bloodshed; EV backfire; John Laws quits again.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 35: Deadly war for journalists; Seven’s Rainmaker; Sky News Election Lie.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 34: Supermarket rip-offs; Some Help from Tony; Al Fayed exposed; Deadly clickbait.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 33: ABC accused of audio no-no; Ghost papers haunt regional towns; Murdoch “Succession”.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 32: Ten’s tasteless “exclusive”; Overdose of inaccuracy; Pet-eating debunked; Nine’s unease as Sneesby exits.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 31:Taking the piss; Media’s gambling addiction; Grenfell fire culture war; Vale Tim Bowden.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 30: Fordham breach; Barrier Reef: thriving or dying?; Gina Says.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 29: Harry ‘doomsayer’ Dent; ABC MD quits; Political influencers.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 28: Gaza visa fight; Media mogul Musk; ‘White powder’ whispers; Promo whoops.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 27: Olympic blow; Media terror rhetoric; Nuclear censorship; Autism lasers.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 23: Trump shot at; Biden warnings; Hottest crim; Seven’s satire and stars.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 22: The framing of Senator Payman; Free-to-air ‘death spiral’; Tory bloodbath.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 21: Dutton Snapchat scandal; Assange - guilty but free; Biden horror.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 20: Dutton’s nuclear play; AFL kiss ‘outrage’; Cheng Lei bullied.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 19: Roxy’s giveaway embarrassment; Far-right love; Oz’s Hitler smear; ‘Porn hooked’ tribe.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 17: Guilty Trump fallout; Criminal Court attacks; Aunty’s Tingle tangle.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 16: Terror in the skies; Albo’s ‘new’ jet; Nuclear Fantasy; Soggy Sunak.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 15: Albo’s eviction notice; Whistleblower jailed; Nine’s cruise freebie.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 13: Not Russian spies; ‘Migration Watch’ unmasked; Rolling TV Coverage.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 12: Musk the villain; Trump’s ‘catch & kill’; AI news rip-off.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 10:Bondi Junction attack; ‘Lehrmann raped Higgins’; Brumbies & the ABC.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 06: Media Watch 2024 Episode 06: NRL’s Vegas Dazzle; Meta Media ‘War’; Four Corners ‘Hit job’.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 05: Rolfe’s media ‘friend’; Gut balloon; Alleged kidnapping; Sky News kayfabe.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 04: Taylor Mania; Navalny’s death; Buyback balls-up; Correcting The Australian.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 03: Barnaby’s fall; Humanising war victims; Seven ignores Gap.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 02: Biden's 'poor memory'; Tucker & Putin; Bolt v Police; G-string g-up.
Media Watch 2024 Episode 01: PM’s breach of faith; ABC, Lattouf & lobbyists; Cricket’s invisible winner; AI sexism.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 44: Seven’s Lehrmann deal; Amazon’s media blitz; From India with love.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 39: ‘High-profile man’ named; Billionaire Pratt; Putin’s cardiac arrest; Ronaldo’s 99 lashes.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 36: ABC cops pressure; Nine’s Block concerns; Kelly v academics.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 34: Murdoch Succession; Russell Brand reckoning; Karl’s Uni failure.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 32: Shock Front Page; A Current Affair Confessions; Watchdog slaps OZ; Qantas Rejoyce.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 30: The truth is out there; Climate retraction; Mushroom mystery; Ticks and crosses.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 29: Nine’s terror scare; Sky hosts at war; Lehrmann’s $6 million; AFR gotcha fails.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 28: Marvelous Matildas; X kills Twitter; Kyle’s indecency obsession; No ordinary renter.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 26: Lost at sea?; Seven’s World Cup snub; Barbie mania; Tele’s dead body shock
Media Watch 2023 Episode 21: News values lost at sea; Probyn axed; Transgender TERF war.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 20:
Leaks, privacy and the press - the media trial of Brittany Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 19: Lowe's bad tune; Folbigg's freedom; Referee punch up; Gleeson to radio.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 18: BRS – a media victory; Garlic kills COVID?; McGowan's farewell.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 16: ACA privacy breach; Digital media deaths; Stan Grant; Dairy spin.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 14: King’s coverage; MasterChef death; Sunrise stadium love; ScoMo’s Maccas myth.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 13: King Kyle's wedding; Sky News 'misleading’; Putin jails journalist; Nine’s hommus knight.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 12: Where’s Lidia?; Fox, lies and consequences; Warner's tabloid shame.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 11:News or Coles PR?; Media and privacy; Herald Sun ‘misleading’
Media Watch 2023 Episode 10: Trump surrender; Seven's diet plug; Latham's latest disgrace.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 09: Minns wins; FOI fight; Putin's "body double"; Perth red faces.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 07: War with China?; Millar v trolls; The Examiner ‘fake’ letter.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 06: Super brawl; Triggered shock jocks; ABC’s Veritas correction.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 05: Falconio misfire; Fox’s Big Lie; Nurse’s ‘campaign of harassment’
Media Watch 2023 Episode 04: Can’t rule out aliens!; Unhappy billionaire; Buy more ads!
Media Watch 2023 Episode 03: Rate rise rumble; Lehrmann sues; Crypto coma; Google’s bad Bard.
Media Watch 2023 Episode 01: Clarke’s tabloid turmoil; ChatGPT v journalism; AFR fooled
Media Watch 2022 Episode 43: Philip Lowe's bad year; Lehrmann trial fallout; Kate Ritchie slams the Daily Mail.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 42:Bill Spedding’s ‘terrible nightmare’; Morrison's media blame; 'Droughts and flooding rains'
Media Watch 2022 Episode 41: Dan v the media; friendlyjordies fire; Russian media dissent?
Media Watch 2022 Episode 39: Fugitive found (again); FTX crypto crash; Murdoch dumps Trump.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 38: Herald Sun v Dan Andrews; Peter Gleeson scandal; Chief Twit.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 37: Lehrmann jury discharged; Media gambling; Dr Teo media war.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 36: UK PM - who’s next?; Lehrmann trial; Hobart Mercury; Chris Kenny’s sparkler.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 34:
Bombers' religion; Nine's Bali bombing buzz; Andrew O’Keefe’s rehab; Wrong chopper.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 33: Seven's chequebook award; Kyle's poxy mouth; Media kill tax; China coup?
Media Watch 2022 Episode 32: AFL race bombshell; Hating Meghan Markle; Climate case debunked?
Media Watch 2022 Episode 28: Morrison’s secret ministries; Massoud defo; Dragon overkill; Grand final leaks
Media Watch 2022 Episode 27: Samsung junket; FitzSimons & Price; ABC skips Tavistock; Offshore wind.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 26: Albo's honeymoon; Better than water!; COVID origin solved?; Price of fake news.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 25: Ricky’s rumble; Deaths in custody; Developer PR; Catnapping caper.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 24: Boat bombshell; The Julie Bishop show; Taliban media assault; Free footy?
Media Watch 2022 Episode 23: COVID ‘backflip’; ACA ambush; Abortion ‘hoax’; AFR Stoked.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 22: Kyrgios coverage; Chelmsford defamation; Collaery’s case dropped; Boris’ demise.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 21: Qantas PR; Assange extradition; Tele’s wrong Dulhunty; Prime7 anger.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 20: Lisa’s Logie lashing; Anti-ageing breakthrough?; Canavan’s slogans
Media Watch 2022 Episode 19: Age betting apology; Rebel & the SMH; Langer to politics?; Kardashian prank
Media Watch 2022 Episode 17: ABC’s photo fumble; School violence threat; China’s Pacific push; Roo where?
Media Watch 2022 Episode 14: Teal threat; Katherine Deves & trans sport; Campaign capers.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 13: Campaign gotchas; Election ads; Seven’s wrong man; Qantas hype.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 12: Opinion polls - can we trust them?; Independent candidates; Putin dying?
Media Watch 2022 Episode 11: Iso Albo; Election debates; Heroic flood rescue?; Wrong news.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 09: Ben Roberts-Smith trial; Budget flogging; Cheng Lei hearing
Media Watch 2022 Episode 08: No woke bloke; Russia’s lies; Integrity for sale; Cat tale.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 07: Swindled; Reporter disgrace; Local news copy & paste; Russian bravery.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 06:
Floods, war & climate change; Albanese likes Howard; Petrol Peter.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 03: ‘Manchurian candidate’; AFR’s beauty spot; Mysterious Milat t-shirt; Studio 10 f-bomb.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 02: Canberra convoy; Bread culture war; 2SM’s missing ‘vaccine’; Australian apology.
Media Watch 2022 Episode 01: Nine’s Cleo chequebook; The PM and the press; ABC funding boost.
Media Watch 2021 Episode 44: Jenkins review; November Platoon; Seven’s McAd; Credlin – Apology of the Year.
Media Watch 2021 Episode 43: Paine’s downfall; Alzheimer’s ‘breakthroughs’; Adele drama.
Media Watch 2021 Episode 38: Nat zero; Science abuse; Poverty scorn; Brian Laundrie sleuths.
Media Watch 2021 Episode 35: Gladys out; Jessica and Pauline; Wrong driver; Brexit Britain.
Media Watch 2021 Episode 33: Sub shock; Markle-fest; Piers goes global; Stefanovic storm off
Media Watch 2021 Episode 32: Climate conversion?; Seven’s red card; IPA data flawed; Unmasked.
Media Watch 2021 Episode 31: COVID ‘actors’; The Australian’s transgender coverage; Hadley’s apology; Sky’s fake guest?
Media Watch 2021 Episode 29: Taliban media; COVID curfew; Pub COVID shamed; Page 3 girls; Tabloid Tinder trick (with guest host Janine Perrett).
Media Watch 2021 Episode 28: Costly tweet; Clive’s campaign; Q+A ‘code red’; Paramount spruik (with guest host Janine Perrett)
Media Watch 2021 Episode 27: Bol’s ‘refugee camp’; Vax push; List of shame; Mafia misfire (with guest host Jeremy Fernandez)
Media Watch 2021 Episode 26: Olympic hurdles; Craig Kelly falsehoods; Greyhound mystery.
Media Watch 2021 Episode 25: Palaszczuk’s Olympic storm; ScoMo’s ‘sorry’; Who’s interview?; Anti-sex Olympics.
Media Watch 2021 Episode 24: Hopkins cancelled; Dangerous and misleading; Albo’s secret trip.
Media Watch 2021 Episode 23: Pfizer spin; UNESCO, the reef & China; Shock jock coup; Choc top media.