Season 2019

E1. Episode 1

Feb 4, 2019 · 15m

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.

E2. Episode 2

Feb 11, 2019 · 15m

Is there no end to Clive Palmer's media blitz? Plus a failure to disclose by Sunrise's David Koch.

E3. Episode 3

Feb 18, 2019 · 15m

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.

E4. Episode 4

Feb 25, 2019 · 15m

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.

E5. Episode 5

Mar 4, 2019 · 15m

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.

E6. Episode 6

Mar 11, 2019 · 15m

60 Minutes caught out - can you believe their denial. Plus PM Scott Morrison's campaign trip to Christmas Island.

E7. Episode 7

Mar 18, 2019 · 15m

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?

E8. Episode 8

Mar 25, 2019 · 15m

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'?

E9. Episode 9

Apr 1, 2019 · 15m

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.

E10. Episode 10

Apr 8, 2019 · 15m

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.

E11. Episode 11

Apr 15, 2019 · 15m

Paul Barry looks at the Rush verdict, the electric election plus the Ristevski murder.

E12. Episode 12

Apr 29, 2019 · 15m

Paul Barry looks at Facebook 'under fire' for its fake scam ads, The Daily Telegraph 'under fire' for its coverage of Labor's 'gender agenda' and journalists 'under fire' from their own campaign cliché.

E13. Episode 13

May 6, 2019 · 15m

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?

E14. Episode 14

May 13, 2019 · 15m

Election battleground; News vs Bill Shorten; All about the image and Ads on Aunty.

E15. Episode 15

May 20, 2019 · 15m

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 Seven’s.

E16. Episode 16

May 27, 2019 · 15m

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.

E17. Episode 17

Jun 3, 2019 · 15m

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.

E18. Episode 18

Jun 10, 2019 · 15m

A Media Watch feature report on police raids targeting News Corp and ABC journalists. Why aren't whistleblower laws working? And are national security laws being abused by the government to avoid media scrutiny?

E19. Episode 19

Jun 17, 2019 · 15m

Credlin and Adani; Sunday Night woes and Credit card munch.

E20. Episode 20

Jun 24, 2019 · 15m

Nuclear debate; IKEA spruikers; Court dismissed.

E21. Episode 21

Jul 1, 2019 · 15m

Gleeson's Gold; Facebook defamation; Plastic bag panic; Bulger killer.

E22. Episode 22

Jul 8, 2019 · 15m

Game, set, match, Kyrgios; Media Raids update; Cash for case studies; Wawa revelation.

E23. Episode 23

Jul 15, 2019 · 15m

Four Corners' water splash; Paradise lost; Solar stunner; Housing affordable and Love Boat tour.

E24. Episode 24

Jul 22, 2019 · 15m

Moon landing hoax; Journalist Information Warrants; Pauline and Uluru; MasterChef scandal.

E25. Episode 25

Jul 29, 2019 · 15m

ABC blunders; Au revoir, press freedom; TV underbelly and interview interrupted.

E26. Episode 26

Aug 5, 2019 · 15m

Bolt vs Thunberg; Krokodil hysteria; BuzzFeed says sorry and Council media.

E27. Episode 27

Aug 12, 2019 · 15m

Hong Kong chaos; TV news likes Facebook; plus US guns and games.

E28. Episode 28

Aug 19, 2019 · 15m

Alan Jones socked by his own punch. The Australian steps up its negative coverage of transgender issues. Plus what does press freedom look like?

E29. Episode 29

Aug 26, 2019 · 15m

Mattress mayhem; Attack, apologise, attack again; 5G fears; Ben Simmons - friend or foe?

E30. Episode 30

Sep 2, 2019 · 15m

Trash talk; Reef attack; Block ads; Trump Derangement Syndrome.