Media Watch

February 6, 2017

In the Alice in Wonderland world of fake news and alternative facts, what can the media do in search for the truth?

February 13, 2017

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

February 20, 2017

Not just fake news but no news; Sex, lies and injunctions; Court copy cats caught out; James Hird and the 'female friend'

February 27, 2017

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

March 6, 2017

The new Italian Astronaut; Travel tales too good to be true?; Peter Dutton, next Liberal leader? And Karl coverage overload

March 13, 2017

Exclusive interview or airport ambush?; Controversial claims get the soft treatment; Punchbowl story missing in action; Satirical protest taken seriously; BBC interview interrupted

March 20, 2017

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

March 27, 2017

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.

April 3, 2017

Latham lessons not learnt; Media love a miracle; First on Nine five years late and Cyclone Debbie coverage

April 10, 2017

What lies beneath; Media war over Syria; Internal war at News Corp and Red faces over blushing bride story

April 24, 2017

Close call; Going for gold; Putin critics pay with lives and Prime time PR puff

May 1, 2017

Anzac Day outrage; News sites spinning Reddit rubbish; What next for Channel 10? And Paul Antonopoulos forced out

May 8, 2017

Royal rumour runs rife; Fairfax cuts hit hard and 100 days of discord

May 15, 2017

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

May 22, 2017

Snot right: bogus boogers beat-up; ‘Fake’ Sheikh of shock; Not so new at The Australian; Good Crinkling News

May 29, 2017

The Schapelle Corby media circus; The column that really bombed; Alan Jones, pick and stick

June 5, 2017

Minor voice given a megaphone; Daily Mail, how low can you go?; Australian Press Council v News Corp; Snakes in a car again

June 12, 2017

Corby keeps the media guessing; Adani still not a done deal; High flying plans don’t add up; Breitbart loses its bite

June 19, 2017

No loss of shock jock energy; Rebel with a cause to celebrate; Sky's the limit for Channel Ten

June 26, 2017

Lotto winners and lazy journalism; Scoring points from Grenfell fire ; 'Apex gang' spotted in Newcastle; What's old is new on Sunday Night

July 3, 2017

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

July 10, 2017

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

July 17, 2017

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

July 24, 2017

Rainbow stars in Greens exit; An unholy row; Exploiting tragedy for column inches; Ray's Scomo spray

July 31, 2017

The Pell show comes to town; Super spruikers; Dual citizenship duel; Flying dry

August 7, 2017

Reporting on terror raids; Abbott speaks and media repeats; Goodbye to a veteran

August 14, 2017

Teflon John and his media mates; Same Sex marriage frustration; Nightline kills the radio star; Memo to Mitch Fifield

August 21, 2017

Media reform battles on; Jumping the gun on a medical breakthrough; Flash mob to cash in; More perils of live TV

August 28, 2017

A monumental beat up; Same-Sex Campaign; Campaign clanger; Misplaced map outrage

September 4, 2017

The missing flood story; Reheating Christmas carols outrage; Media marriage friction; Today starts a war

September 11, 2017

Spot the Tassie Tiger; A matter of trust; Too much publicity is never enough; A picture tells the wrong story

September 18, 2017

Rebel gets the last laugh; The power of Kmart mums; Media reforms gets green light; Malley's media adventure

September 25, 2017

Red faces over Roberts reversal; Spruiking supplements; Spot the sponsored content; TV tantrums

October 2, 2017

Same Love stoush; Seven has more PR woes; Today loves Australia, for a fee

October 9, 2017

Las Vegas massacre drives fake news; ABC defends correspondent from Federal MP's attack ads; Northern Star HPV headline wrong

October 16, 2017

The politics of Weinstein; Silencing Ray's spray; Media stays mum; Ipswich or Karachi?

October 23, 2017

Melania body double bubble; Lisa Walks; Junketing journalists; Christmas in Macau

October 30, 2017

Citizenship Seven coverage; Raids, leaks and sources; Confessions of a homegrown 'terrorist'; Bushie's irony alert backfires

November 6, 2017

Citizenship saga bites troubled Turnbull; Media missing on Manus; Deadly treadlies; Facebook fesses up

November 13, 2017

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November 20, 2017

Channel Ten's disservice to the west; The Latham vs Faruqi showdown; All aboard the election bus; Richo bemused by the Paradise Papers

November 27, 2017

QLD Election Coverage; Don Burke allegations; John-Michael Howson's tirade; Karl's 'gotcha' fail

December 4, 2017

The rush to convict Geoffrey Rush; The sting that stung; Perth to Baku; Lateline signs off

December 11, 2017

A costly Rush?; Stirring up Milo fever; Superstorm hype runs out of puff; Media Watch – 2017 highlights