Media Watch

2014x1
2014-02-03
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The danger of holding powerful to account; Truth, trust, and treachery

2014x2
2014-02-10
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Farewell to a Media Watch favourite; The long walk to parole; Tabloids cross the headline

2014x3
2014-02-17
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Clicks, cats, and crazy headlines - 31 reasons why newspapers are fighting for their lives as click-bait lures readers and advertisers online.

2014x4
2014-02-24
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Sweet deal; Media Watch responds to the Australian

2014x5
2014-03-03
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The Tele slips on Slipper; Attacks get personal; Harnessing a horror story

2014x6
2014-03-10
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An alarming story; Chris Kenny v The Chaser - an update; Sorry John; Hinch defiant

2014x7
2014-03-17
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Tabloid TV and Taskforce Takeback In the world of tabloid TV all sorts of accusations can be thrown around quite safely because the people they pick on typically have no power to fight .. show full overview

2014x8
2014-03-24
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March in March coverage pleases no one Why nobody is happy with the media coverage of the March in March. Spot the spoof Facts go missing in the reporting of the missing Malaysian .. show full overview

2014x9
2014-03-31
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Hottay mallottay! Australian Flt Lieutenant Russell Adams has become an internet sensation after his media briefings on the search for MH370 have been broadcast worldwide. Peter .. show full overview

2014x10
2014-04-07
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Playing the April Fool Did this April fools prank snare a high profile victim? Herald Sun in hot water There have been criminal charges and suppression orders as the Herald Sun .. show full overview

2014x11
2014-04-14
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Is anybody home? The Australian takes its time to correct two headline typos. Chequebook journalism lacks credibility Channel Ten paid for an interview with convicted drug smuggler .. show full overview

2014x12
2014-04-21
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Advertising goes native The brave new world of ads as news, or should that be news as ads? Can you even tell the difference? And is that the point?

2014x13
2014-04-28
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Not so total recall Someone pressed the wrong button at the AFR, with disastrous results. Royal flush The royal circus came to town, with enough photo spreads, fashion commentary .. show full overview

2014x14
2014-05-05
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Found, not found, found again...ok, maybe not With almost nothing to come from the search for missing flight 370, media are clutching at straws, regardless of veracity. Budget .. show full overview

2014x15
2014-05-12
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Photo rights pack a punch News Corp paid around $200,000 for the photos of the Packer-Gyngell punch up. Did it get its money worth? The future for Fairfax photographers What will .. show full overview

2014x16
2014-05-19
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Spinning the budget: The budget 2014: A fiscal repair job or bunch of broken promises? That depends on where you get your coverage from and who your friends are.

2014x17
2014-05-26
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Week of the wink It was an almost "wink and you miss it" moment, but it set the media on fire. Front pages fuel flames In a week where the Prime Minister plummeted in the polls, The .. show full overview

2014x18
2014-06-02
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Courting the crims Why does the media love glamorising known criminals, like Roger Rogerson, Mick Gatto and Jordan Belfort? Parking inspector story lacks facts A story in .. show full overview

2014x19
2014-06-09
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Comedy of errors The ABC's apology to Chris Kenny was a comedy of errors that is no laughing matter. A fishy tale A story about a dead dolphin smells a bit fishy. Wolf in sheep's .. show full overview

2014x20
2014-06-16
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