About this season
An Australian media analysis television program currently focusing on critiquing the Australian media.
Episodes (43)
1. Episode 1
Aired 4 February 2019 • 15 min
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.
2. Episode 2
Aired 11 February 2019 • 15 min
Is there no end to Clive Palmer's media blitz? Plus a failure to disclose by Sunrise's David Koch.
3. Episode 3
Aired 18 February 2019 • 15 min
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.
4. Episode 4
Aired 25 February 2019 • 15 min
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.
5. Episode 5
Aired 4 March 2019 • 15 min
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.
6. Episode 6
Aired 11 March 2019 • 15 min
60 Minutes caught out - can you believe their denial. Plus PM Scott Morrison's campaign trip to Christmas Island.
7. Episode 7
Aired 18 March 2019 • 15 min
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?
8. Episode 8
Aired 25 March 2019 • 15 min
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'?
9. Episode 9
Aired 1 April 2019 • 15 min
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.
10. Episode 10
Aired 8 April 2019 • 15 min
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.
11. Episode 11
Aired 15 April 2019 • 15 min
Rush verdict; The electric election; Ristevski murder.
12. Episode 12
Aired 29 April 2019 • 15 min
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.
13. Episode 13
Aired 6 May 2019 • 15 min
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?
14. Episode 14
Aired 13 May 2019 • 15 min
Election battleground; News vs Bill Shorten; All about the image and Ads on Aunty. Presented by Paul Barry.
15. Episode 15
Aired 20 May 2019 • 15 min
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.
16. Episode 16
Aired 27 May 2019 • 15 min
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.
17. Episode 17
Aired 3 June 2019 • 15 min
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.
18. Media raids
Aired 10 June 2019 • 15 min
A Media Watch feature report on police raids targeting News Corp and ABC journalists.
19. Episode 19
Aired 17 June 2019 • 15 min
Credlin and Adani; Sunday Night woes and Credit card munch. Presented by Paul Barry
20. Episode 20
Aired 24 June 2019 • 15 min
Nuclear debate; IKEA spruikers; Court dismissed. Presented by Paul Barry.
21. Episode 21
Aired 1 July 2019 • 15 min
Gleeson's Gold; Facebook defamation; Plastic bag panic; Bulger killer. Presented by Paul Barry.
22. Episode 22
Aired 8 July 2019 • 15 min
Game, set, match, Kyrgios; Media Raids update; Cash for case studies; Wawa revelation. Presented by Paul Barry.
23. Episode 23
Aired 15 July 2019 • 15 min
Four Corners' water splash; Paradise lost; Solar stunner; Housing affordable and Love Boat tour. Presented by Paul Barry.
24. Episode 24
Aired 22 July 2019 • 15 min
Moon landing hoax; Journalist Information Warrants; Pauline and Uluru; MasterChef scandal. Presented by Paul Barry.
25. Episode 25
Aired 29 July 2019 • 15 min
ABC blunders; Au revoir, press freedom; TV underbelly and interview interrupted. Presented by Paul Barry.
26. Episode 26
Aired 5 August 2019 • 15 min
Bolt vs Thunberg; Krokodil hysteria; BuzzFeed says sorry and Council media. Presented by Paul Barry.
27. Episode 27
Aired 12 August 2019 • 15 min
Hong Kong chaos; TV news likes Facebook; plus US guns and games. Presented by Paul Barry.
28. Episode 28
Aired 19 August 2019 • 15 min
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.
29. Episode 29
Aired 26 August 2019 • 15 min
Mattress mayhem; Attack, apologise, attack again; 5G fears; Ben Simmons - friend or foe?
30. Episode 30
Aired 2 September 2019 • 15 min
Trash talk; Reef attack; Block ads; Trump Derangement Syndrome. Presented by Paul Barry.
31. Episode 31
Aired 9 September 2019 • 15 min
'Independent. Always'; 60 Minutes v Meghan Markle; Roasting vegans; Letters galore. Presented by Paul Barry.
32. Episode 32
Aired 16 September 2019 • 15 min
Climate fire; Media pressure; Jones' review; and Great grout. Presented by Paul Barry.
33. Episode 33
Aired 23 September 2019 • 15 min
Conversation stopper; ABC wrong on Price; Driving subs and Murray's Trump card. Presented by Paul Barry.
34. Episode 34
Aired 30 September 2019 • 15 min
PM sledges media over climate; Mayor & the media; Brand expose; Sorry Sandilands. Presented by Paul Barry.
35. Episode 35
Aired 7 October 2019 • 15 min
Trump gets censored. Adios Sunday Night. Vaping donations go undisclosed. The Phantom of the Internet returns.
36. Episode 36
Aired 14 October 2019 • 15 min
Speed bump jokers; Sky's drought hero; Perils of speaking out; MasterChef predictions. Presented by Paul Barry.
37. Episode 37
Aired 21 October 2019 • 15 min
Horse deaths; Fury over Farrow; Cash for controversy. Presented by Paul Barry.
38. Episode 38
Aired 28 October 2019 • 15 min
Whodunnit? The mysterious tale of Minister Angus Taylor, the dodgy document and The Daily Telegraph. Presented by Paul Barry.
39. Episode 39
Aired 4 November 2019 • 15 min
The sad story of Ashleigh Petrie; Risky butt lifts; Real estate fiction. Presented by Paul Barry.
40. Episode 40
Aired 11 November 2019 • 15 min
Q&A fury; Facebook scams hurt; Today repeats. Presented by Paul Barry.
41. Episode 41
Aired 25 November 2019 • 15 min
Fire haze; Judicial slap down; Nova's c-bomb. Presented by Paul Barry.
42. Episode 42
Aired 2 December 2019 • 15 min
Farewell Today Tonight; Pacific/China media; The Australian defends Plimer; Drover's smoko. Presented by Paul Barry.
43. Episode 43
Aired 9 December 2019 • 15 min
Medevac media; FOI failure; Anti-vaxxers on Aunty; Mags royal mania. Presented by Paul Barry. (Final for 2019)