Media Watch

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2020
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Episode 1
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03, 2020
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.
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Episode 2
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10, 2020
Coronavirus fake news; Media trust; NW mag unchecked; Taylor whodunnit unsolved.
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Episode 3
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17, 2020
Coronavirus panic; Super yacht dud; Nine loves Costco; ABC raids found lawful.
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Episode 4
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24, 2020
Sorry Bolt; ABC exclusive dropped; Fake farming crisis; Media tricked.
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Episode 5
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02, 2020
Viral panic; Bettina Arndt condemned; IPA v ABC; Today's red faces.
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Episode 6
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09, 2020
Toilet paper panic; Vale AAP; Trolls exposed; Climate myth busting.
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Episode 7
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16, 2020
COVID-19 hits the media, tabloid tactics, and Grimshaw gossip.
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Episode 8
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23, 2020
Fake news, conspiracy theories, calls to stay calm. How can the media help contain the deadly spread?
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Episode 9
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30, 2020
Paul Barry examines some of the media issues of the week including social distancing shaming, media corona casualties and corona cliché.
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Episode 10
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06, 2020
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.
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Episode 11
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20, 2020
The ABC has been condemned for leading a witch hunt against George Pell. So, how does its coverage stack up against that charge?
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Episode 12
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27, 2020
Stokes blackout; Hydroxychloroquine disappoints; 5G kills plants; Karl's hypocrisy.
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Episode 13
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04, 2020
Virus lab theory; Palaszczuk's fake jab; Palmer's drug blitz.
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Episode 14
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11, 2020
Laidley arrest, Wuhan lab dossier, plus Hadley's remorse.
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Episode 15
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18, 2020
Exit Alan Jones; Bauer's brutal cull; plus Ruby Princess inquiry.
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Episode 16
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25, 2020
Nine's Palm Island investigation; Hyped vaccine news; Big W's big ad.
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Episode 17
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01, 2020
News Corp kills ink; Harry's housing calls; Good grief.
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Episode 18
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08, 2020
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?
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Episode 19
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15, 2020
Lacking diversity; Secret trial; Darwin barney.
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Episode 20
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22, 2020
Today Show ethics; Maria Ressa interview; Bauer's fire sale.
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Episode 21
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29, 2020
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.
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Episode 22
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06, 2020
ABC raids update; Hong Kong censorship; West Australian sorry; Chess beat-up.
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Episode 23
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13, 2020
Victoria virus; Hanson dumped; By-election scorcher; Al Jazeera Malaysia.
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Episode 24
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20, 2020
Today Show 'whack jobs'; Falconio Murder; Fake Tiger King.
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Episode 25
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27, 2020
Online abuse; Perth's media mayor; Magazine cull continues; Zodiac fake news.
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Episode 26
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03, 2020
Named and shamed; Defamation hopes; Cancel culture cooked.
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Episode 27
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10, 2020
Pandemic misfire; Mystery COVID modelling; AFL reporter benched; Devine defamation.
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Episode 28
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17, 2020
Ruby Princess and the ABC; The West's pest; Kamala cartoon; TV diversity; Women's Weekly fail.
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Episode 29
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24, 2020
Vaccine spin; Stokes, Basil and the West; Local news; Game over; Alberici and the ABC.
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Episode 30
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31, 2020
Peter Foster sting; Making big tech pay; Ita on line 2; Daily Mail beat-up; 'Learnings'.
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Episode 31
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07, 2020
The fake news scandal at Nine Entertainment's Domain website. Minister's downfall. Arson debunked. Plus Facebook's tantrum over paying for news.
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Episode 32
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14, 2020
China escape; Online polls gamed; Ten News axed; ABC goodbyes.
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Episode 33
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21, 2020
Snake fakes; #DictatorDan campaign; Sydney Olympics; Press Council offence; Devine apology.
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Episode 34
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28, 2020
Trump's tricks: 'Delusional' Karen; Podcast peril; Domain caught again; Border Watch returns.
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Episode 35
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05, 2020
Trump’s diagnosis; Body language experts; ABC muzzled?; Is this an ad?
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Episode 36
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12, 2020
Seven sorry; Hydroxy spurned; ScoMo's spin; New name, same rubbish.
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Episode 37
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19, 2020
Rudd's crusade; Reef story missing; ACA sued; Drug hot spots; Charges dropped.
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Episode 38
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26, 2020
Lovestruck Gladys; Clive's Death Tax; Townsville's hottest crims; Sneaky disclosure.
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Episode 39
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02, 2020
Trust, truth and the President - A US Election special. How a divided US media is covering the presidential election.
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Episode 40
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09, 2020
Biden's victory: What happened to the Biden landslide? Why were the polls wrong again? Has Fox News changed its tune on the 45th president?
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Episode 41
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16, 2020
The backlash over Four Corners' expose on ministers' sex lives. ABC journalist and NT Chief Minister's wife, can Kristy O'Brien juggle the two roles? Media reluctant to name retailer Harvey Norman for winning a Shonky Award.
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Episode 42
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23, 2020
War crime allegations; Smear war; Princess Di and the BBC.
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Episode 43
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30, 2020
Premier v press; Picture perfect PM; A victory for truth.
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Episode 44
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07, 2020
Our 2020 media review. Did you to 'pivot' to the 'new normal'? Plus the Sky News hosts still claiming Trump won the election.

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