Season 2020

E1. Episode 1

Feb 3, 2020 · 15m

Media Watch returns for a new season in 2020. In a special episode Denial and deflection, Paul Barry examines how News Corp's star commentators covered Australia's bushfire emergency.

E2. Episode 2

Feb 10, 2020 · 15m

Coronavirus fake news; Media trust; NW mag unchecked; Taylor whodunnit unsolved.

E3. Episode 3

Feb 17, 2020 · 15m

Coronavirus panic; Super yacht dud; Nine loves Costco; ABC raids found lawful.

E4. Episode 4

Feb 24, 2020 · 15m

Sorry Bolt; ABC exclusive dropped; Fake farming crisis; Media tricked.

E5. Episode 5

Mar 2, 2020 · 15m

Viral panic; Bettina Arndt condemned; IPA v ABC; Today's red faces.

E6. Episode 6

Mar 9, 2020 · 15m

Toilet paper panic; Vale AAP; Trolls exposed; Climate myth busting.

E7. Episode 7

Mar 16, 2020 · 15m

COVID-19 hits the media, tabloid tactics, and Grimshaw gossip.

E8. Episode 8

Mar 23, 2020 · 15m

Fake news, conspiracy theories, calls to stay calm. How can the media help contain the deadly spread?

E9. Episode 9

Mar 30, 2020 · 15m

Paul Barry examines some of the media issues of the week including social distancing shaming, media corona casualties and corona cliché.

E10. Episode 10

Apr 6, 2020 · 15m

Paul Barry examines some of the media issues of the week including calls to loosen the lockdown, local media is hurting, plus sports and entertainment reporters rise to the challenge.

E11. Episode 11

Apr 20, 2020 · 15m

The ABC has been condemned for leading a witch hunt against George Pell. So, how does its coverage stack up against that charge?

E12. Episode 12

Apr 27, 2020 · 15m

Stokes blackout; Hydroxychloroquine disappoints; 5G kills plants; Karl's hypocrisy.

E13. Episode 13

May 4, 2020 · 15m

Virus lab theory; Palaszczuk's fake jab; Palmer's drug blitz.

E14. Episode 14

May 11, 2020 · 15m

Laidley arrest, Wuhan lab dossier, plus Hadley's remorse.

E15. Episode 15

May 18, 2020 · 15m

Exit Alan Jones; Bauer's brutal cull; plus Ruby Princess inquiry.

E16. Episode 16

May 25, 2020 · 15m

Nine's Palm Island investigation; Hyped vaccine news; Big W's big ad.

E17. Episode 17

Jun 1, 2020 · 15m

News Corp kills ink; Harry's housing calls; Good grief.

E18. Episode 18

Jun 8, 2020 · 15m

A Media Watch special on the protests, riots and social unrest in America. What role has President Trump played in spreading hatred of the media? And why have so many reporters been targeted, attacked or arrested by police?

E19. Episode 19

Jun 15, 2020 · 15m

Lacking diversity; Secret trial; Darwin barney.

E20. Episode 20

Jun 22, 2020 · 15m

Today Show ethics; Maria Ressa interview; Bauer's fire sale.

E21. Episode 21

Jun 29, 2020 · 15m

250 jobs cut and programs axed as the ABC deals with a funding shortfall and a five-year digital plan. Paul Barry examines what the latest round of cuts mean for the ABC and its audience.

E22. Episode 22

Jul 6, 2020 · 15m

ABC raids update; Hong Kong censorship; West Australian sorry; Chess beat-up.

E23. Episode 23

Jul 13, 2020 · 15m

Victoria virus; Hanson dumped; By-election scorcher; Al Jazeera Malaysia.

E24. Episode 24

Jul 20, 2020 · 15m

Today Show 'whack jobs'; Falconio Murder; Fake Tiger King.

E25. Episode 25

Jul 27, 2020 · 15m

Online abuse; Perth's media mayor; Magazine cull continues; Zodiac fake news.

E26. Episode 26

Aug 3, 2020 · 15m

Named and shamed; Defamation hopes; Cancel culture cooked.

E27. Episode 27

Aug 10, 2020 · 15m

Pandemic misfire; Mystery COVID modelling; AFL reporter benched; Devine defamation.

E28. Episode 28

Aug 17, 2020 · 15m

Ruby Princess and the ABC; The West's pest; Kamala cartoon; TV diversity; Women's Weekly fail.

E29. Episode 29

Aug 24, 2020 · 15m

Vaccine spin; Stokes, Basil and the West; Local news; Game over; Alberici and the ABC.

E30. Episode 30

Aug 31, 2020 · 15m

Peter Foster sting; Making big tech pay; Ita on line 2; Daily Mail beat-up; 'Learnings'.