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Episode 21 - 01/07/2024

Media Watch 2024 Episode 21: Dutton Snapchat scandal; Assange - guilty but free; Biden horror.  

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Ep 21 - Dutton Snapchat scandal

18-year-old son of federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton makes News Corp front pages after being pictured holding a bag of white powder.

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Ep 21 - Assange: guilty but free

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man. What does his conviction for espionage mean for journalism?

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Ep 21 - Biden horror

Calls grow for US President Joe Biden to step down after a disastrous debate performance unifies the American media in horror.

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Episode 20 - 24/06/2024

Media Watch 2024 Episode 20: Dutton’s nuclear play; AFL kiss ‘outrage’; Cheng Lei bullied.  

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Ep 20 - Dutton’s nuclear play

Peter Dutton’s vision of seven nuclear reactors, the first up and running by 2037, is greeted with scepticism by the press.

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Ep 20 - AFL kiss ‘outrage’

A column in The Age about an on-field kiss between AFL commentator Abbey Holmes and player Lachie Neale sparks days of confected outrage.

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Ep 20 - Cheng Lei bullied

Chinese officials attempt to block former detained journalist Cheng Lei from the cameras during the Chinese premier’s Australian visit.

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Episode 19 - 17/06/2024

Media Watch 2024 Episode 19: Roxy’s giveaway embarrassment; Far-right love; Oz’s Hitler smear; ‘Porn hooked’ tribe.

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Ep 19 - Roxy’s giveaway embarrassment

Roxy Jacenko’s failed $10 million giveaway is branded ‘highly questionable’ and ‘misleading’ as Jacenko fights her business partners in the NSW Supreme Court.

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Ep 19 - Far-right love

Sky News Australia’s Liz Storer is rebuked by co-host Joe Hildebrand after celebrating the rise of Germany’s right-wing AfD party in European elections.

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Ep 19 - Oz’s Hitler smear

A column in The Australian sensationally compares Adam Bandt and the Greens, to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.  

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Ep 19 - ‘Porn hooked’ tribe

Clickbait headlines mangle New York Times reporting on a remote Amazon tribe’s exposure to the internet, falsely claiming it is ‘addicted to porn’.

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Episode 18 - 10/06/2024

Media Watch 2024 Episode 18: Costello’s fall; Origin head knock; Radio replay.  

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Ep 18 - Costello’s fall

Nine Chairman Peter Costello steps down after appearing to shove a journalist from The Australian at Canberra Airport as the Nine board grapples with sexual harassment allegations.

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Ep 18 - Origin head knock

Daily Telegraph criticised for its aggressive coverage of the NRL’s first State of Origin game that saw Queensland’s Reece Walsh knocked out.

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Ep 18 - Radio replay

We reveal how the Capital Radio Network fools its listeners by faking interviews with its competition winners by editing in local breakfast hosts.

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Episode 17 - 03/06/2024

Media Watch 2024 Episode 17: Guilty Trump fallout; Criminal Court attacks; Aunty’s Tingle tangle.

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Ep 17 - Guilty Trump fallout

Former US president Donald Trump is convicted in the New York hush money trial, and US media go to war over the verdict. 

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Ep 17 - Criminal Court attacks

The International Criminal Court’s decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli leaders is met with a chorus of criticism. 

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Ep 17 - Aunty’s Tingle tangle

Did the ABC’s chief political correspondent Laura Tingle cross the line with her public comments about Opposition leader Peter Dutton?

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Episode 16 - 27/05/2024

Media Watch 2024 Episode 16: Terror in the skies; Albo’s ‘new’ jet; Nuclear Fantasy; Soggy Sunak.

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Ep 16 - Terror in the skies

From toy planes to animated 3D graphics, how media illustrated a mid-air emergency after a Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence.

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Ep 16 - Albo’s ‘new’ jet

Criticism of the Prime Minister for buying two Boeing 737 jets overlooks the fact they were ordered by the former government.

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Ep 16 - Nuclear Fantasy

Coalition media backers rubbish a CSIRO report that says renewables will still be cheaper than large-scale nuclear power.

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Ep 16 - Soggy Sunak

British media ridicule PM Rishi Sunak after he announces a general election in pouring rain.

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Episode 15 - 20/05/2024

Media Watch 2024 Episode 15: Albo’s eviction notice; Whistleblower jailed; Nine’s cruise freebie.

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Ep 15 - Albo’s eviction notice

News Corp tabloids platform a disgruntled tenant who rents a property owned by the Prime Minister but public sentiment turns sour after it’s revealed Jim Flanagan pays below market rate.

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Ep 15 - Whistleblower jailed

Military lawyer David McBride jailed for leaking classified documents about the Afghanistan war, as critics say Labor is failing on key whistleblower reforms.

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Ep 15 - Nine’s cruise freebie

Nine runs 17-minutes about a new Carnival cruise ship but misses a real story about the darker side of the industry.

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Episode 14 - 13/05/2024

Media Watch 2024 Episode 14: Furry fury; AI unmasked; AFR v Stokes; Sunrise vax scare.

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Ep 14 - Furry fury

Adelaide Advertiser’s unsourced, front-page story about a police officer who ‘identifies as a furry’ sends Sky News over the edge.

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Ep 14 - AI unmasked

Four AI-run news sites, including League Initiative and F1 Initiative, are taken down after we identify the host of the web server.

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Ep 14 - AFR v Stokes

The Financial Review to stop selling its print edition in WA after Seven West Media doubles the cost to print the newspaper.

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Ep 14 - Sunrise vax scare

Sunrise teases a ‘serious new side effect’ of the AstraZeneca vaccine only to be proven wrong by a GP live on air

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