Media Watch - Season 24 / Year 2022
Season 24 / Year 2022
Episodes
Episode 1
Paul Barry looks at Nine's Cleo chequebook; The PM and the press; plus ABC funding boost.
Episode 2
Canberra convoy; Bread culture war; 2SM's missing 'vaccine'; Australian apology.
Episode 3
'Manchurian candidate'; AFR's beauty spot; Mysterious Milat t-shirt; Studio 10 f-bomb.
Episode 4
Episode 5
How Ukraine smashed Russia in the information war as Putin's brutal crackdown on Russia's free press is all but complete.
Episode 6
Floods, war and climate change; Albanese likes Howard; Petrol Peter.
Episode 7
Swindled; Reporter disgrace; Local news copy and paste; Russian bravery.
Episode 8
No woke bloke; Russia's lies; Integrity for sale; Cat tale.
Episode 9
Ben Roberts-Smith trial; Budget flogging; Cheng Lei hearing.
Episode 10
Campaign ahoy; PM's past; 'Rain bomb'.
Episode 11
COVID-19 hits the Labor campaign bus sending Anthony Albanese into isolation; Media celebrate Anthony Albanese's stand in; Election debates; The heroic flood rescue story that didn't happen; Plus Adelaide TV viewers furious.
Episode 12
Opinion polls - can we trust them?; Independent candidates; Putin dying?
Episode 13
Campaign gotchas; Election ads; Seven's wrong man; Qantas hype.
Episode 14
Teal threat; Katherine Deves and trans sport; Campaign capers.
Episode 15
Anthony Albanese becomes Australia's 31st Prime Minister following a turbulent 6-week campaign. We dissect the media's coverage and behaviour and whether it swayed the final result.
Episode 16
Dutton makeover; 60 Minutes censored; ABC complaints.
Episode 17
ABC's photo fumble; School violence threat; China's Pacific push; Roo where? Presented by guest host Andy Park.
Episode 18
Why 60 Minutes' expose into the cosmetic industry is a win for journalism, the betting company seducing high profile reporters, and is Piers Morgan's new show an expensive flop? Presented by guest host Janine Perrett.
Episode 19
Age betting apology; Rebel and the SMH; Langer to politics?; Kardashian prank.
Episode 20
Lisa's Logie lashing; Anti-ageing breakthrough?; Canavan's slogans.
Episode 21
Qantas PR; Assange extradition; Tele's wrong Dulhunty; Prime7 anger.
Episode 22
Kyrgios coverage; Chelmsford defamation; Collaery's case dropped; Boris' demise.
Episode 23
COVID 'backflip'; ACA ambush; Abortion 'hoax'; AFR Stoked.
Episode 24
Boat bombshell; The Julie Bishop show; Taliban media assault; Free footy?
Episode 25
Ricky's rumble; Deaths in custody; Developer PR; Catnapping caper.
Episode 26
Albo's honeymoon; Better than water; COVID origin solved?; Price of fake news.
Episode 27
Samsung junket; FitzSimons and Price; ABC skips Tavistock; Offshore wind.
Episode 28
Morrison's secret ministries; Massoud defo; Dragon overkill; Grand final leaks.
Episode 29
Conflict Island threat; Crikey v Murdoch; Bad joke.
Episode 30
Dawson verdict; Teal tax; Mould dementia; Cocaine Cassie.
Episode 31
Queen's death; Wrong man; Kumanjayi Walker inquest.
Episode 32
AFL race bombshell; Hating Meghan Markle; Climate case debunked?
Episode 33
Seven's chequebook award; Kyle's poxy mouth; Media kill tax; China coup?
Episode 34
Bombers' religion; Nine's Bali bombing buzz; Andrew O'Keefe's rehab; Wrong chopper.
Episode 35
ACON and the ABC; Court report shocker.
Episode 36
UK PM - who's next?; Lehrmann trial; Hobart Mercury; Chris Kenny's sparkler.
Episode 37
Lehrmann jury discharged; Media gambling; Dr Teo media war.
Episode 38
Herald Sun v Dan Andrews; Peter Gleeson scandal; Chief Twit.
Episode 39
Fugitive found (again); FTX crypto crash; Murdoch dumps Trump.
Episode 40
Not a Russian missile; World Cup media; Trump's rerun.
Episode 41
Dan v the media; friendlyjordies fire; Russian media dissent?
Episode 42
Bill Spedding's 'terrible nightmare'; Morrison's media blame; 'Droughts and flooding rains'.
Episode 43
Philip Lowe's bad year; Lehrmann trial fallout; Kate Ritchie slams the Daily Mail. (Final for 2022)
Episode 44
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