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Media Watch - Season 2017

Media Watch: Season 2017 - 44 Episode s

2017x1 - Episode 1
February 6, 2017
In the Alice in Wonderland world of fake news and alternative facts, what can the media do in search for the truth?
2017x2 - Episode 2
February 13, 2017
Melania Trump v Daily Mail; The Daily Mail and gang misappropriation; The Phantom of the Internet rebooted; How Good Game ran out of lives; Another inappropriate rant by Ross
2017x3 - Episode 3
February 20, 2017
Not just fake news but no news; Sex, lies and injunctions; Court copy cats caught out; James Hird and the 'female friend'
2017x4 - Episode 4
February 27, 2017
Coke Fizzer. Coke closes its Adelaide bottling plant; A Current Affair's life changing ADHD treatment - that doesn't work; Keysar Trad flies under the ABC radar; A new front in Trump’s media war
2017x5 - Episode 5
March 6, 2017
The new Italian Astronaut; Travel tales too good to be true?; Peter Dutton, next Liberal leader? And Karl coverage overload
2017x6 - Episode 6
March 13, 2017
Exclusive interview or airport ambush?; Controversial claims get the soft treatment; Punchbowl story missing in action; Satirical protest taken seriously; BBC interview interrupted
2017x7 - Episode 7
March 20, 2017
Weatherill v Frydenberg showdown; Clean and green or toxic and deadly?; Singo making Gosford great again, with a little help from his friends and Sky News civil war
2017x8 - Episode 8
March 27, 2017
Paparazzi, privacy and the Press Council; Great Barrier grief missing from The Australian; Two cities, one prize on Nova stations and Exclusive: Darren Davidson predictions.
2017x9 - Episode 9
April 3, 2017
Latham lessons not learnt; Media love a miracle; First on Nine five years late and Cyclone Debbie coverage
2017x10 - Episode 10
April 10, 2017
What lies beneath; Media war over Syria; Internal war at News Corp and Red faces over blushing bride story
2017x11 - Episode 11
April 24, 2017
Close call; Going for gold; Putin critics pay with lives and Prime time PR puff
2017x12 - Episode 12
May 1, 2017
Anzac Day outrage; News sites spinning Reddit rubbish; What next for Channel 10? And Paul Antonopoulos forced out
2017x13 - Episode 13
May 8, 2017
Royal rumour runs rife; Fairfax cuts hit hard and 100 days of discord
2017x14 - Episode 14
May 15, 2017
Seven and Nine both first with the news; BrickX stories lack scrutiny; The necklace that stole the story; Jobs and growth but not for Fairfax and Mark Colvin 1952 – 2017
2017x15 - Episode 15
May 22, 2017
Snot right: bogus boogers beat-up; ‘Fake’ Sheikh of shock; Not so new at The Australian; Good Crinkling News
2017x16 - Episode 16
May 29, 2017
The Schapelle Corby media circus; The column that really bombed; Alan Jones, pick and stick
2017x17 - Episode 17
June 5, 2017
Minor voice given a megaphone; Daily Mail, how low can you go?; Australian Press Council v News Corp; Snakes in a car again
2017x18 - Episode 18
June 12, 2017
Corby keeps the media guessing; Adani still not a done deal; High flying plans don’t add up; Breitbart loses its bite
2017x19 - Episode 19
June 19, 2017
No loss of shock jock energy; Rebel with a cause to celebrate; Sky's the limit for Channel Ten
2017x20 - Episode 20
June 26, 2017
Lotto winners and lazy journalism; Scoring points from Grenfell fire ; 'Apex gang' spotted in Newcastle; What's old is new on Sunday Night
2017x21 - Episode 21
July 3, 2017
Paul Murray's spectacular Sky dummy spit; The Australian's cock-up trifecta; Roxy Jacenko cashing in on media obsession; The slow death of community television; Donald Trump's new fake media smackdown
2017x22 - Episode 22
July 10, 2017
State of play, news media versus the digital giants Amid a Senate inquiry, a Media Watch special on how Facebook and Google have damaged and might save journalism
2017x23 - Episode 23
July 17, 2017
Iceberg ahoy!; Amazon is coming; Non apology of the week from the Daily Telegraph; TV news turns off the Top End; International journalism award axed
2017x24 - Episode 24
July 24, 2017
Rainbow stars in Greens exit; An unholy row; Exploiting tragedy for column inches; Ray's Scomo spray
2017x25 - Episode 25
July 31, 2017
The Pell show comes to town; Super spruikers; Dual citizenship duel; Flying dry
2017x26 - Episode 26
August 7, 2017
Reporting on terror raids; Abbott speaks and media repeats; Goodbye to a veteran
2017x27 - Episode 27
August 14, 2017
Teflon John and his media mates; Same Sex marriage frustration; Nightline kills the radio star; Memo to Mitch Fifield
2017x28 - Episode 28
August 21, 2017
Media reform battles on; Jumping the gun on a medical breakthrough; Flash mob to cash in; More perils of live TV
2017x29 - Episode 29
August 28, 2017
A monumental beat up; Same-Sex Campaign; Campaign clanger; Misplaced map outrage
2017x30 - Episode 30
September 4, 2017
The missing flood story; Reheating Christmas carols outrage; Media marriage friction; Today starts a war
2017x31 - Episode 31
September 11, 2017
Spot the Tassie Tiger; A matter of trust; Too much publicity is never enough; A picture tells the wrong story
2017x32 - Episode 32
September 18, 2017
Rebel gets the last laugh; The power of Kmart mums; Media reforms gets green light; Malley's media adventure
2017x33 - Episode 33
September 25, 2017
Red faces over Roberts reversal; Spruiking supplements; Spot the sponsored content; TV tantrums
2017x34 - Episode 34
October 2, 2017
Same Love stoush; Seven has more PR woes; Today loves Australia, for a fee
2017x35 - Episode 35
October 9, 2017
Las Vegas massacre drives fake news; ABC defends correspondent from Federal MP's attack ads; Northern Star HPV headline wrong
2017x36 - Episode 36
October 16, 2017
The politics of Weinstein; Silencing Ray's spray; Media stays mum; Ipswich or Karachi?
2017x37 - Episode 37
October 23, 2017
Melania body double bubble; Lisa Walks; Junketing journalists; Christmas in Macau
2017x38 - Episode 38
October 30, 2017
Citizenship Seven coverage; Raids, leaks and sources; Confessions of a homegrown 'terrorist'; Bushie's irony alert backfires
2017x39 - Episode 39
November 6, 2017
Citizenship saga bites troubled Turnbull; Media missing on Manus; Deadly treadlies; Facebook fesses up
2017x40 - Episode 40
November 13, 2017
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2017x41 - Episode 41
November 20, 2017
Channel Ten's disservice to the west; The Latham vs Faruqi showdown; All aboard the election bus; Richo bemused by the Paradise Papers
2017x42 - Episode 42
November 27, 2017
QLD Election Coverage; Don Burke allegations; John-Michael Howson's tirade; Karl's 'gotcha' fail
2017x43 - Episode 43
December 4, 2017
The rush to convict Geoffrey Rush; The sting that stung; Perth to Baku; Lateline signs off
2017x44 - Episode 44
December 11, 2017
A costly Rush?; Stirring up Milo fever; Superstorm hype runs out of puff; Media Watch – 2017 highlights

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