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Seasons: 16
Total Episodes: 586
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Networks: ABC TV
Status: Returning Series
First Air Date: May 8, 1989
Recent Air Date: Dec 9, 2019
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Original Language: English
Age Rating: NR
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Episodes
Episode 1
04 February 2019 - Episode 1
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.
Episode 2
11 February 2019 - Episode 2
Is there no end to Clive Palmer's media blitz? Plus a failure to disclose by Sunrise's David Koch.
Episode 3
18 February 2019 - Episode 3
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.
Episode 4
25 February 2019 - Episode 4
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.
Episode 5
04 March 2019 - Episode 5
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.
Episode 6
11 March 2019 - Episode 6
60 Minutes caught out - can you believe their denial. Plus PM Scott Morrison's campaign trip to Christmas Island.
Episode 7
18 March 2019 - Episode 7
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?
Episode 8
25 March 2019 - Episode 8
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'?
Episode 9
01 April 2019 - Episode 9
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.
Episode 10
08 April 2019 - Episode 10
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.
Episode 11
15 April 2019 - Episode 11
Rush verdict; The electric election; Ristevski murder.
Episode 12
29 April 2019 - Episode 12
Facebook 'under fire' for its fake scam ads. The Daily Telegraph 'under fire' for its coverage of Labor’s 'gender agenda'. Plus journalists 'under fire' from their own campaign cliche. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 13
06 May 2019 - Episode 13
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?
Episode 14
13 May 2019 - Episode 14
Election battleground; News vs Bill Shorten; All about the image and Ads on Aunty. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 15
20 May 2019 - Episode 15
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 Sevens. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 16
27 May 2019 - Episode 16
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. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 17
03 June 2019 - Episode 17
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. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 18
10 June 2019 - Media raids
A Media Watch feature report on police raids targeting News Corp and ABC journalists.
Episode 19
17 June 2019 - Episode 19
Credlin and Adani; Sunday Night woes and Credit card munch. Presented by Paul Barry
Episode 20
24 June 2019 - Episode 20
Nuclear debate; IKEA spruikers; Court dismissed. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 21
01 July 2019 - Episode 21
Gleeson's Gold; Facebook defamation; Plastic bag panic; Bulger killer. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 22
08 July 2019 - Episode 22
Game, set, match, Kyrgios; Media Raids update; Cash for case studies; Wawa revelation. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 23
15 July 2019 - Episode 23
Four Corners' water splash; Paradise lost; Solar stunner; Housing affordable and Love Boat tour. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 24
22 July 2019 - Episode 24
Moon landing hoax; Journalist Information Warrants; Pauline and Uluru; MasterChef scandal. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 25
29 July 2019 - Episode 25
ABC blunders; Au revoir, press freedom; TV underbelly and interview interrupted. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 26
05 August 2019 - Episode 26
Bolt vs Thunberg; Krokodil hysteria; BuzzFeed says sorry and Council media. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 27
12 August 2019 - Episode 27
Hong Kong chaos; TV news likes Facebook; plus US guns and games. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 28
19 August 2019 - Episode 28
Alan Jones socked by his own punch. The Australian steps up its negative coverage of transgender issues. Plus what does press freedom look like? Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 29
26 August 2019 - Episode 29
Mattress mayhem; Attack, apologise, attack again; 5G fears; Ben Simmons - friend or foe?
Episode 30
02 September 2019 - Episode 30
Trash talk; Reef attack; Block ads; Trump Derangement Syndrome. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 31
09 September 2019 - Episode 31
'Independent. Always'; 60 Minutes v Meghan Markle; Roasting vegans; Letters galore. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 32
16 September 2019 - Episode 32
Climate fire; Media pressure; Jones' review; and Great grout. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 33
23 September 2019 - Episode 33
Conversation stopper; ABC wrong on Price; Driving subs and Murray's Trump card. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 34
30 September 2019 - Episode 34
PM sledges media over climate; Mayor & the media; Brand expose; Sorry Sandilands. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 35
07 October 2019 - Episode 35
Trump gets censored. Adios Sunday Night. Vaping donations go undisclosed. The Phantom of the Internet returns.
Episode 36
14 October 2019 - Episode 36
Speed bump jokers; Sky's drought hero; Perils of speaking out; MasterChef predictions. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 37
21 October 2019 - Episode 37
Horse deaths; Fury over Farrow; Cash for controversy. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 38
28 October 2019 - Episode 38
Whodunnit? The mysterious tale of Minister Angus Taylor, the dodgy document and The Daily Telegraph. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 39
04 November 2019 - Episode 39
The sad story of Ashleigh Petrie; Risky butt lifts; Real estate fiction. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 40
11 November 2019 - Episode 40
Q&A fury; Facebook scams hurt; Today repeats. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 41
25 November 2019 - Episode 41
Fire haze; Judicial slap down; Nova's c-bomb. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 42
02 December 2019 - Episode 42
Farewell Today Tonight; Pacific/China media; The Australian defends Plimer; Drover's smoko. Presented by Paul Barry.
Episode 43
09 December 2019 - Episode 43
Medevac media; FOI failure; Anti-vaxxers on Aunty; Mags royal mania. Presented by Paul Barry. (Final for 2019)
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