Episode 1
Episode: 2020-02-03 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2020
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: 2020-02-03 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2020
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: 2020-02-10 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2020
Coronavirus fake news; Media trust; NW mag unchecked; Taylor whodunnit unsolved. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode: 2020-02-17 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2020
Coronavirus panic; Super yacht dud; Nine loves Costco; ABC raids found lawful. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode: 2020-02-24 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2020
Sorry Bolt; ABC exclusive dropped; Fake farming crisis; Media tricked. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode: 2020-03-02 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2020
Viral panic; Bettina Arndt condemned; IPA v ABC; Today's red faces.
Episode: 2020-03-09 | Airdate: Mar 9, 2020
Toilet paper panic; Vale AAP; Trolls exposed; Climate myth busting. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode: 2020-03-16 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2020
Paul Barry looks at the leading media issues of the week including COVID-19 hits the media, tabloid tactics, and Grimshaw gossip.
Episode: 2020-03-23 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2020
Australia shutdown: Fake news, conspiracy theories, calls to stay calm. How can the media help contain the deadly spread?
Episode: 2020-03-30 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2020
Paul Barry examines some of the media issues of the week including social distancing shaming, media corona casualties and corona cliche.
Episode: 2020-04-06 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2020
Paul Barry examines some of the media issues of the week including lockdown lifting, the media is hurting, plus sports and entertainment rewind.
Episode: 2020-04-20 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2020
The ABC has been condemned for leading a witch hunt against George Pell. So, how does its coverage stack up against that charge?
Episode: 2020-04-27 | Airdate: Apr 27, 2020
Stokes blackout; Hydroxychloroquine disappoints; 5G kills plants; Karl's hypocrisy.
Episode: 2020-05-04 | Airdate: May 4, 2020
Virus lab theory; Palaszczuk's fake jab; Palmer's drug blitz. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode: 2020-05-11 | Airdate: May 11, 2020
Paul Barry looks into some of the big media issues of the week - Laidley arrest, Wuhan lab dossier, plus Hadley's remorse.
Episode: 2020-05-18 | Airdate: May 18, 2020
Exit Alan Jones; Bauer's brutal cull; plus Ruby Princess inquiry.
Episode: 2020-05-25 | Airdate: May 25, 2020
Nine's Palm Island investigation; Hyped vaccine news; Big W's big ad.
Episode: 2020-06-01 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2020
News Corp kills ink; Harry's housing calls; Good grief.
Episode: 2020-06-08 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2020
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: 2020-06-15 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2020
Lacking diversity; Secret trial; Darwin barney.
Episode: 2020-06-22 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2020
Today Show ethics; Maria Ressa interview; Bauer's fire sale.
Episode: 2020-06-29 | Airdate: Jun 29, 2020
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: 2020-07-06 | Airdate: Jul 6, 2020
ABC raids update; Hong Kong censorship; West Australian sorry; Chess beat-up.
Episode: 2020-07-13 | Airdate: Jul 13, 2020
Victoria virus; Hanson dumped; By-election scorcher; Al Jazeera Malaysia. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode: 2020-07-20 | Airdate: Jul 20, 2020
Today Show 'whack jobs'; Falconio Murder; Fake Tiger King.
Episode: 2020-07-27 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2020
Online abuse; Perth's media mayor; Magazine cull continues; Zodiac fake news.
Episode: 2020-08-03 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2020
Named and shamed; Defamation hopes; Cancel culture cooked.
Episode: 2020-08-10 | Airdate: Aug 10, 2020
Pandemic misfire; Mystery COVID modelling; AFL reporter benched; Devine defamation.
Episode: 2020-08-17 | Airdate: Aug 17, 2020
Ruby Princess and the ABC; The West's pest; Kamala cartoon; TV diversity; Women's Weekly fail.
Episode: 2020-08-24 | Airdate: Aug 24, 2020
Vaccine spin; Stokes, Basil and the West; Local news; Game over; Alberici and the ABC.
Episode: 2020-08-31 | Airdate: Aug 31, 2020
Peter Foster sting; Making big tech pay; Ita on line 2; Daily Mail beat-up; 'Learnings'.
Episode: 2020-09-07 | Airdate: Sep 7, 2020
The fake news scandal at Nine Entertainment's Domain website. Minister's downfall. Arson debunked. Plus Facebook's tantrum over paying for news.
Episode: 2020-09-14 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2020
China escape; Online polls gamed; Ten News axed; ABC goodbyes.
Episode: 2020-09-21 | Airdate: Sep 21, 2020
Snake fakes; #DictatorDan campaign; Sydney Olympics; Press Council offence; Devine apology.
Episode: 2020-09-28 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2020
Trump's tricks: 'Delusional' Karen; Podcast peril; Domain caught again; Border Watch returns. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode: 2020-10-05 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2020
Trump's diagnosis; Body language experts; ABC muzzled?; Is this an ad?
Episode: 2020-10-12 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2020
Seven sorry; Hydroxy spurned; ScoMo's spin; New name, same rubbish.
Episode: 2020-10-19 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2020
Rudd's crusade; Reef story missing; ACA sued; Drug hot spots; Charges dropped.
Episode: 2020-10-26 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2020
Episode: 2020-11-02 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2020
Episode: 2020-11-09 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2020
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: 2020-11-16 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2020
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: 2020-11-23 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2020
War crime allegations; Smear war; Princess Di and the BBC.
Episode: 2020-11-30 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2020
Premier v press; Picture perfect PM; A victory for truth.
Episode: 2020-12-07 | Airdate: Dec 7, 2020