Media Watch
By ABC TV
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Podcast Description
Conflicts of interest, bank backflips, deceit, misrepresentation, manipulation, plagiarism, abuse of power, technical lies and straight out fraud: Media Watch has built an unrivalled record of exposing media shenanigans since it first went to air in 1989.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 16, 2012 | Episode 16: If you can't beat 'em, bag 'em; Media coverage of death threats examined | 20 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 15, 2012 | Episode 15: Ghost writer; Enough to lose your breakfast; Sensational stories invite serious scrutiny | 13 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 14, 2012 | Episode 14: Talk back taunts; Political vitriol clear in the Sky; Convergence reviewed | 6 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 13, 2012 | Episode 13: News laid 'bare'; Anatomy of an investigation; The shameless airing of an un-current affair | 29 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 12, 2012 | Episode 12: Lost in conversion; Dr Germ cleans up; Nice tweets if you can get 'em | 22 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 11, 2012 | Episode 11: Blessed are the farmers; Not all quiet on the western front; The readers' friend or the paper's friend? | 15 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 10, 2012 | Episode 10: Paying for News | 8 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 09, 2012 | Episode 09: | 1 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 08, 2012 | Episode 08: Forbidden fruit tempts ABC News Breakfast; How 60 Minutes and Sunday Night covered the PIP breast implant scandal | 25 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 07, 2012 | Episode 07: Jonesing for the truth, What's in a name?; Own the paper, own the message | 18 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 06, 2012 | Episode 06: You can't lose what you never had; ABC News 24 signing out; Not playing follow the leader; Sticking it to the squillionaires | 11 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 05, 2012 | Episode 05: February fumbles; Gillard shows off her new Carr; All regulated by one | 4 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 04, 2012 | Episode 04: The no-name game; Credit where credit's due | 26 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 03, 2012 | Episode 03: An intimate proposal; Toasting the marshmallow; Desperate for any angle; A numbers game | 19 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 02, 2012 | Episode 02: ABC calendar confusion; Unfair shake of the source-bottle | 12 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 01, 2012 | Episode 01: An Australia Day beat up; Not all things good in moderation; Tragedy made worse by insensitive media | 5 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 39, 2011 | Episode 39: Possessed by an apostrophe demon; The Oz redefines happiness; Questioning Australian Story-telling | 6 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 38, 2011 | Episode 38: Diggers lose out to high flyers; Elle screens out more than just the sun; Look both ways before Crossing the Line | 30 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 37, 2011 | Episode 37: The Queen's in town, but her English isn't; TT's false facts fuel fear; Need clicks, not facts? Just add the word 'cannibal' | 23 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 36, 2011 | Episode 36: Taking a punt on the facts; Researching the researcher; Kiss the real story goodbye | 16 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 35, 2011 | Episode 35: A prescient review; Coverage unbecoming an official broadcaster; Nine investigated for on air comments; The province of Alan Jones; Slapped together promo | 9 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 34, 2011 | Episode 34: The most bestest English; ABC Snooze24; Clubs Australia spins the media and hits the jackpot | 2 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 33, 2011 | Episode 33: The fun police write 2DayFM a ticket; Double demerits for A Current Affair | 25 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 32, 2011 | Episode 32: One regulator to rule them all | 18 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 31, 2011 | Episode 31: Breaking news: woman in women's final!; 60 Minutes looks close to home for story ideas; A rolled gold spruik; Biting the hand that feeds | 11 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 30, 2011 | Episode 30: Honey, I shrunk the host; All dredged up and nowhere to go | 4 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 29, 2011 | Episode 29: Wrong at the top of his voice; Fairfax hoards an explosive cable | 28 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 28, 2011 | Episode 28: What is the NT coming to?; What's wrong with this sentence?; An apology from that smug little show; A sad goodbye | 21 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 27, 2011 | Episode 27: It's all so much clearer from Australia; We're with you all the way, Maddie. Literally; Tour de Tarmac | 14 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 26, 2011 | Episode 26: In the poo; Blagging in the public interest; Re-trial by media | 7 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 25, 2011 | Episode 25: Number One fan; Tragedy overshadowed; Ask the experts | 31 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 24, 2011 | Episode 24: The politics of privacy | 24 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 23, 2011 | Episode 23: Personal or policy? You be the judge; When the news doesn't fit the agenda | 17 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 22, 2011 | Episode 22: To be or not to BSkyB? | 10 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 21, 2011 | Episode 21: Grant swears by bungy jumping; Good intentions aren't enough; Anyone SensaStunt? | 3 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 20, 2011 | Episode 20: Double D minus for Fairfax; A well orchestrated campaign; Unqualified prescription; How not to get a promotion | 26 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 19, 2011 | Episode 19: That's a sum error!; Today Tonight's car crash; Running a serious newspaper; Hungry hoaxers hoaxed; Abbott's metaphor phase | 19 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 18, 2011 | Episode 18: The secret to happiness?; A load of Hogwarts; ACA inhales second-hand smoke | 12 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 17, 2011 | Episode 17: Views from last century; A curious web of interests; Apology to Angela Pearman; It's not quite Gaelic | 5 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoMedia Watch - Ep 16, 2011 | Episode 16: Steam ain't CO2; Lessons in hyperbolic gestures; What have we learned, Charlie Brown?; Meanwhile one hour ago... | 29 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 40 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Essential Viewing
Media Watch is absolutely essential viewing each week. It plays a vital role in keeping the media of a relatively small country like Australia under the scrutiny of journalistic ethics. It should be longer and get more funding.
Thank you for finally becoming a podcast
Now I don't have to remember to watch it. It appears like magic in my iTunes. I love this program - it is a great 'devil's advocate' for journalism. Sometimes it misses the mark, but more often then not, it catches many 'naughty boys and girls' with their pants down and faces red. Thank you for keeping us on our toes.
A Solitary Voice of Truth
I am not usually a regular Media Watch viewer, (Monica Attard lost my interest) however I was prompted to revisit the show purely because of the disgraceful behaviour of the Australian Media during the World Youth Day PR excercise. I needed to see if there was a single ray of conscience left in the media, and episode 23 didn't dissappoint. Perhaps we were all thinking it, but with a cleverly scripted, witty and cut-throat exposition of the 'tykes' in our newspapers and television, all of whom in the side pockets of the Catholic Church, Media Watch certainly earned its keep this week, and retained the level of inquisition expected of our national broadcaster. Thank god for media watch.
