Media Watch

Where's the Weather?; Building The Pay Wall; Mystery Punter A Hoaxer; Loveless Fake Attracts the Media; Daily Tele Pwned!

Supercilious, Moi?; Mistaken Identity All Round; Nine Delivers A Shock; The "Publishers' Poodle" Bites

Welfare and Refugees; Regional Dis-Content

Breakfast Wind-Up; End Of The Free Ride

Unwanted PET; Kim Jong the Second; What's In a Draft Code?; Heard the One about the Woman Driver?; Too-confronting Art

Saucy Cover; Embedding in Afghanistan; Flashy Promo; Advanced Spin... Yeah Yeah!

Getting High on the Numbers; Boasting Bludger or Gullible Prey?; Deception Detection Deficiency; Florid Mathematics

Giving the PM a Bad Rep; Hot On The Trail; It Looks Like An Ad... But Is It?; Who's The Monkey?

Massaging the Headlines; Left and Right of the ABC; Saying Sorry Twice Over; Juvenile Injustice; Geography Lessons Needed

Who Found Tim Holding?; Private Life or Public Scandal?; The Media in Mullumbimby

Dan's Hair Suit; Who is Winnie Nelson?; Rumour-Fuelled Ratings Chase; Aboard the Gastric Band-wagon; Front Page Exploitation; Kevin's 'impeachable' sources

Welles Or-Well; Censorship or Common Sense?; Jetstar Stars on Seven; Con's Conflict

The Right Priorities; Paying to Clear A Name - Again; Gusmao v The ABC; Behind The News Is Ahead Of The Times

Joke or Impertinence?; Late Edition Arrives Early; Journalists and Their Sources (part 2); TEN's Real Estate Trifecta

Fun - Kyle and Jackie O Style; Old Laws Rewritten

It's All In the Stars; Moon Walkers Mix-Up; Terrorist Attack, Hoax or Unexploded Bomb?; Pursuing the Victim; Undiplomatic Sound Bite; "Dirty Little Secrets"

The Daily Telegraph's Poh-llercoaster; Making Mincemeat of Media Patsies; The Sums of Swine Flu; A Squabble over Squatting

A Chequered Career; The Perils of Facebook; The ABC of Logos; Not So Happy Aussies; Dangers of Recycling

A Super Problem; Tennis, Lies and Videotape; Reporting Michael Jackson's Death

Journalists and Their Sources; One Death Too Many

Fed Up Flu; Inappropriate Match Up; A Nation of Pot Heads?; Underbelly Overkill; Hello Madonna... Are you there?; Fake Email Train

Armed Dingo; There's No Other Store; Spruiking The Punt; Hinch's Hunch; Reshuffle Muddle

A Baby Worth Clicking On; Daily Mercury's Snazzy Headlines; Spider-Ad; How Do You Air A Bad Joke?

Barrie’s Sunday Morning Rap; Regional "Churnalism"; Aussie Travellers Beware; Private Account Goes Public; Want Longer Lasting... Interview? Call Kyle and Jackie O

Dust Storm Heads West; Jazzi No; All Aboard The Gravox Train; PM's Trail Goes Cold; Alan's Missing Questions

A Croc of Priorities; Calling From the Sidelines; Sour Dealings; Where's My Autocue?

Eighties Pop Band Rules Fiji; Messing With Missiles; Karl’s Crystal Ball; Suspect Revelation; Bikie Exclusive or Bikie Porky?

Swine Flu Fever; Four Corners and the Phuong Ngo Case

SBS News' Technical Woes; The Problem With “Illegals”; Popoff Pops Up Again; Val and Macca’s Chats

Badge of Honour; Yours Not So Sincerely; Shark Danger Non Alert; Project 8; Another Badge of Honour

Flinders Ranges Move West; It’s Just Not Cricket; Slow Learners; Making Ads Fun; Automation Sensation Hits Sydney

Yesterday’s News; Mugged By The Media; Gambling On The Stats; Who’s The Gawker?

Under The Weather; Santa’s Late Delivery; Freedom of Information; Chinese Whispers; Chairman Ron (again); What’s In a Name

Tabloid Trading

Women's Glib; Hypocrisy Unlimited; Go Sea Eagles. Go Nine; Lock, Stock and Airfares

Taking The Wrong Road; Gratuitous Posting; Project Logies; A Dog of a Yarn; Partial Reporting

Bonsai Muddle;Not So Happy Snap; Reporting the Bushfires (Part 2); How Not To Bring Up Baby; Cat Takes a Ride

ABC Oversells Young Australian of the Year Smeared Beat Up Opportunity "Seized" Bowled Over

Reporting the Bushfires Seven's "Call for Calm" Opinion or Hate-Mongering?

Automation Not a Sensation Plastic Too Fantastic (Part two) Thou Shalt Not Plagiarise Tacky Tribute

A Recipe for Self Promotion; Old News is Cheap News, No News is Cheaper; Regional Dis-Content Redux; Journos: Take Heart and Swallow the Advice; Ask No Questions, Tell No Lies

Seven Goes Public on the Private; Advertiser by Name, Advertiser by Nature; And The Mortal Of The Story Is...

When The Boat Comes In; Veiled Censorship; Cholera Tourer; Copy-Cat Copy-Editor...; Media Watcher Mea Culpa; Here Come De Fudge...

Unsporting Commentary on the ABC's Grandstand; Over The Cutting Edge; Smoking Out The Spin; News Bites Watchdog

Possum Pie on MTR; Volcanoes v Humans; Media Slugfest Over Storm Mess; Honourable Mention

The Eyjafjallajökull challenge; Fake Transfer; Aunty Advertorial?; The Death of Carl Williams [REDACTED]...

Mr Actor not Mr Asia; Media Access and Afghanistan; A Lesson in Facebook Friends; Nine Cameraman Update

Sacrificing the language; Prime Minister Rudd AND Robb; Mayoists on the Midday Report; Privacy breach jeopardises a man's safety; Media targets drive-by family; Just doing my job, mate

Will The Tablet Cure Newspapers' Ills?

Democracy Alan Jones Style; Trial by Television; Too Much Truth; SBS's Inconvenient Untruth

Talking Tuckey; The Australian v Victoria Police; In Search of Zahir Khan

From Victim to Hussy; Bet It's An Ad; Punting on the TAB

On 2SM Things "Not OK"; Identity Fully Revealed; Pot Holes in Crack Alley

What The Puck?; Elementary Mistake Serial Prest; Miffed Minister's Gag; Passport To Identity Theft; Locked, Loaded and Wrong

Eddie Skates On Thin Ice; Producers Demand More Australian Content; Incredible Find, Credibility Questioned; When Another Quote Fits

The Shrinking Environmental Disaster; When The Quote Fits; Regrets, Seven Has Few; On the Lap-Bandwagon

Lord of the Airwaves; Spinning the Science; "Absolutely" Front Page News

- The Asylum Sneakers that weren't - Lawsie fails his eye test - Read it and weep - Spider bait

- Adding insult to injury - Foot in the hospital door journalism - Playing the media

- 2UE’s new mission statement - Graphic Errors

- Media circus over a non-story - Public vs Private: Channel 7 not guilty - Much Ado About Nothing - A Serious Mistake

- A correction saved their bacon - Applying the common sense rule - Actions speak louder than words - Good journalism is never risk free

Longing for a new idea SMH, please explain Yes or no, Minister? Media woes have a silver lining...for PR 2012: A year for media apologies, minus one Good joke, bad joke

Bringing you the big news! News values, priorities and politics Don't croc the boat

Bully in the naughty corner; Sub-standard facts; Taking instruction literally; Outsourcing the front page

Silly sausage; Reporting the bare essentials; Tom Everywhere.com

The rise of the personal blogger

Same facts, different spin; The speech that burst the press gallery's bubble; A private dispute turned national spectacular

Recording Mr Jones

Sorry; Sorry, sort of; False balance leads to confusion

Will the citizens of Melbourne pay three dollars a week to read stories online about crime and the footy? Paying for News Ltd, a Media Watch special.

- When the pictures don't fit the story - A war of words over piracy

- Forbidden fruit tempts ABC News Breakfast - How 60 Minutes and Sunday Night covered the PIP scandal

- Jonesing for the truth, What's in a name? - Own the paper, own the message

- You can't lose what you never had - ABC News 24 signing out - Sticking it to the squillionaires

- February fumbles - Gillard shows off her new Carr - Regulating all with one

- The no-name game - Credit where credit's due

- An intimate proposal - Toasting the marshmallow - Desperate for any angle - A numbers game

- ABC calendar confusion - Unfair shake of the source-bottle?

- An Australia Day beat up - Not all things good in moderation - Tragedy made worse by insensitive media

A costly Rush?; Stirring up Milo fever; Superstorm hype runs out of puff; Media Watch – 2017 highlights

The rush to convict Geoffrey Rush; The sting that stung; Perth to Baku; Lateline signs off

QLD Election Coverage; Don Burke allegations; John-Michael Howson's tirade; Karl's 'gotcha' fail

Channel Ten's disservice to the west; The Latham vs Faruqi showdown; All aboard the election bus; Richo bemused by the Paradise Papers

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Citizenship saga bites troubled Turnbull; Media missing on Manus; Deadly treadlies; Facebook fesses up

Citizenship Seven coverage; Raids, leaks and sources; Confessions of a homegrown 'terrorist'; Bushie's irony alert backfires

Melania body double bubble; Lisa Walks; Junketing journalists; Christmas in Macau

The politics of Weinstein; Silencing Ray's spray; Media stays mum; Ipswich or Karachi?

Las Vegas massacre drives fake news; ABC defends correspondent from Federal MP's attack ads; Northern Star HPV headline wrong

Same Love stoush; Seven has more PR woes; Today loves Australia, for a fee

Red faces over Roberts reversal; Spruiking supplements; Spot the sponsored content; TV tantrums

Rebel gets the last laugh; The power of Kmart mums; Media reforms gets green light; Malley's media adventure

Spot the Tassie Tiger; A matter of trust; Too much publicity is never enough; A picture tells the wrong story

The missing flood story; Reheating Christmas carols outrage; Media marriage friction; Today starts a war

A monumental beat up; Same-Sex Campaign; Campaign clanger; Misplaced map outrage

Media reform battles on; Jumping the gun on a medical breakthrough; Flash mob to cash in; More perils of live TV

Teflon John and his media mates; Same Sex marriage frustration; Nightline kills the radio star; Memo to Mitch Fifield

Reporting on terror raids; Abbott speaks and media repeats; Goodbye to a veteran

The Pell show comes to town; Super spruikers; Dual citizenship duel; Flying dry

Rainbow stars in Greens exit; An unholy row; Exploiting tragedy for column inches; Ray's Scomo spray

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

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

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

Lotto winners and lazy journalism; Scoring points from Grenfell fire ; 'Apex gang' spotted in Newcastle; What's old is new on Sunday Night

No loss of shock jock energy; Rebel with a cause to celebrate; Sky's the limit for Channel Ten

Corby keeps the media guessing; Adani still not a done deal; High flying plans don’t add up; Breitbart loses its bite

Minor voice given a megaphone; Daily Mail, how low can you go?; Australian Press Council v News Corp; Snakes in a car again

The Schapelle Corby media circus; The column that really bombed; Alan Jones, pick and stick

Snot right: bogus boogers beat-up; ‘Fake’ Sheikh of shock; Not so new at The Australian; Good Crinkling News

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

Royal rumour runs rife; Fairfax cuts hit hard and 100 days of discord

Anzac Day outrage; News sites spinning Reddit rubbish; What next for Channel 10? And Paul Antonopoulos forced out

Close call; Going for gold; Putin critics pay with lives and Prime time PR puff

What lies beneath; Media war over Syria; Internal war at News Corp and Red faces over blushing bride story

Latham lessons not learnt; Media love a miracle; First on Nine five years late and Cyclone Debbie coverage

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.

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

Exclusive interview or airport ambush?; Controversial claims get the soft treatment; Punchbowl story missing in action; Satirical protest taken seriously; BBC interview interrupted

The new Italian Astronaut; Travel tales too good to be true?; Peter Dutton, next Liberal leader? And Karl coverage overload

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

Not just fake news but no news; Sex, lies and injunctions; Court copy cats caught out; James Hird and the 'female friend'

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

In the Alice in Wonderland world of fake news and alternative facts, what can the media do in search for the truth?

Trial by podcast; Pay for access; Karl coverage; #MeToo Christmas.

Milne v Guthrie; Lead poisoning panic; Mobile pedestrians; Banking media.

Chasing Renae; SA press freedom; Dirty tricks fallout; Roast Lamb

Bali virus beat-up; Trump v CNN; Police PR; Small store, big hype

Missing Mark; True-blue ScoMo; Media freeze; Cancer confusion.

Fury at the Mail

Media terror; 'Fair dinkum' power; Geelong nudie run; Royals in Fiji

Wentworth washup; Wrong police car; Serial prankster; Saudi journalist murdered

Climate coverage; religious freedom furphy; Goodbye Hendo

Climate calamity; High stakes, Minor debacle

ABC chaos, Who dunnit, Tech junkets

Guthrie gone; Interview emBRAgoed; 60 Minutes property; Media moguls

Buyer beware; Missing climate; Jones judgement; PR emergency

Bulldog bulldust; Skripal poisoning; Reporting from Nauru; Palmer pushback

Comedy Conviction; Hats off to the new PM; Ramsay St for sale; Playing the man

How powerful voices in the media waged war on a Prime Minister

Katter Solution; The Tele’s gender wars; Petulant West Australian; No WIN for Tasmania

Sky News backlash; Fairfax v Ben Roberts-Smith; Karl's reef affair; Rush v Daily Telegraph - update

Kyle's media circus; Andrew Bolt's foreigner rant; WIN News runs PR puff; Enough Bags

Media merger; One Big Switch; Out with a bang; Lee Lin Chin signs off

Sunrise cave theft; Cliff Richard v The BBC; Sleeping Giants rise against Sky; Not on Seven Perth

Let her work; Basketbrawl fallout; 60 Minutes Dhakota Williams; Herald Sun apology

Thai Cave Rescue; Fairfax bungle GST; NW - the art of fabrication; Wagga's Daily Advertiser; Not Seven News

Sky sexism apology; Timor spying; Plastic bag ban; Vale Liz Jackson

Privatising the ABC?

Qantas 'nosedive'; Alan Jones defamation trial; Killer Instinct undone; Daily Telegraph sells out

Poo jogger; Suicide reporting; Sugar hit; Wagga's paywall rebellion

Seven's Barnaby flop; Pollies dodging questions; Far right activist Tommy Robinson jailed

Pub etiquette, PM falsely accused; Ipswich corruption scandal; Facebook bans Cancer Council poo ads; Photoshopping Jen and Brad, again

Royal Wedding capers; Press Council pings Daily Telegraph, again; Reporting on murder suicides; Legal secrets

Budget cuts at ABC; Cambodian press freedom; How to stage a paparazzi pic; Royal Wedding countdown

Press freedom under attack; Sophie Mirabella vs the Benalla Ensign; ABC ruled impartial; Ice Age warning

Nine's ANZAC blunder; Eddie McGuire's fake supplement ad; Glossing over Myanmar; Media drops celebrity financial planner

Frontpage Vegemite madness; Royal commission backtrack; Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching; Rush v The Daily Telegraph, update

Protesters storm Sunrise, again; Rush v The Daily Telegraph, update; Photoshopping Jen and Brad; Pushing medicinal marijuana

Malcolm Turnbull turns 30; A Current Affair, yet to put the record straight; The Australian's mistaken identity; AFR's Joe Aston and his vitriolic language

The latest MH370 theory is full of holes; White privilege outrage; Instagram spruiking; Charity rejects donation from 7's Sunday Night

A Sunrise to forget; Labor's Tax Storm; Fake Sydney property story exposes media; Daily Mail's African gang obsession; Old footage used in Tathra fire coverage

Herald Sun removes Tessa Sullivan articles; Britain's Sunday Times denies hacking; 'Talking Lifestyle' axed; Studio Ten rips off Today Tonight

ABC rallies the troops; Nick Cater’s hypocrisy; Mass shootings covered LIVE; More ads masquerading as news

Wrong picture; 60 Minutes Investigation; Rush v The Daily Telegraph

Turnbull sex ban; Taxing times at the ABC; The RSPCA and public accountability; Back from the future

Would you like facts with that?; The Barnaby affair; Cabinet leaks: from scoop to sorry

Media companies oppose draft laws; Muslim fashion outrage; Nine News for sale

Medevac media; FOI failure; Anti-vaxxers on Aunty; Mags royal mania. Presented by Paul Barry. (Final for 2019)

Farewell Today Tonight; Pacific/China media; The Australian defends Plimer; Drover's smoko. Presented by Paul Barry.

Fire haze; Judicial slap down; Nova's c-bomb. Presented by Paul Barry.

Q&A fury; Facebook scams hurt; Today repeats. Presented by Paul Barry.

The sad story of Ashleigh Petrie; Risky butt lifts; Real estate fiction. Presented by Paul Barry.

Whodunnit? The mysterious tale of Minister Angus Taylor, the dodgy document and The Daily Telegraph. Presented by Paul Barry.

Horse deaths; Fury over Farrow; Cash for controversy. Presented by Paul Barry.

Speed bump jokers; Sky's drought hero; Perils of speaking out; MasterChef predictions. Presented by Paul Barry.

Trump gets censored. Adios Sunday Night. Vaping donations go undisclosed. The Phantom of the Internet returns.

PM sledges media over climate; Mayor & the media; Brand expose; Sorry Sandilands. Presented by Paul Barry.

Conversation stopper; ABC wrong on Price; Driving subs and Murray's Trump card. Presented by Paul Barry.

Climate fire; Media pressure; Jones' review; and Great grout. Presented by Paul Barry.

'Independent. Always'; 60 Minutes v Meghan Markle; Roasting vegans; Letters galore. Presented by Paul Barry.

Trash talk; Reef attack; Block ads; Trump Derangement Syndrome. Presented by Paul Barry.

Mattress mayhem; Attack, apologise, attack again; 5G fears; Ben Simmons - friend or foe?

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.

Hong Kong chaos; TV news likes Facebook; plus US guns and games. Presented by Paul Barry.

Bolt vs Thunberg; Krokodil hysteria; BuzzFeed says sorry and Council media. Presented by Paul Barry.

ABC blunders; Au revoir, press freedom; TV underbelly and interview interrupted. Presented by Paul Barry.

Moon landing hoax; Journalist Information Warrants; Pauline and Uluru; MasterChef scandal. Presented by Paul Barry.

Four Corners' water splash; Paradise lost; Solar stunner; Housing affordable and Love Boat tour. Presented by Paul Barry.

Game, set, match, Kyrgios; Media Raids update; Cash for case studies; Wawa revelation. Presented by Paul Barry.

Gleeson's Gold; Facebook defamation; Plastic bag panic; Bulger killer. Presented by Paul Barry.

Nuclear debate; IKEA spruikers; Court dismissed. Presented by Paul Barry.

Credlin and Adani; Sunday Night woes and Credit card munch. Presented by Paul Barry

A Media Watch feature report on police raids targeting News Corp and ABC journalists.

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.

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.

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.

Election battleground; News vs Bill Shorten; All about the image and Ads on Aunty. Presented by Paul Barry.

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?

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.

Rush verdict; The electric election; Ristevski murder.

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.

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.

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'?

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?

60 Minutes caught out - can you believe their denial. Plus PM Scott Morrison's campaign trip to Christmas Island.

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.

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.

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.

Is there no end to Clive Palmer's media blitz? Plus a failure to disclose by Sunrise's David Koch.

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.

Holy smoke: How the election of a new Pope caught some in the media off guard. Nine's travel lift out showcases a new destination a little too far off the beaten track. Plus WA media gives the cold shoulder to its new NRL team.

Election surprise: Labor's landslide win - why some media failed to sway voters. SBS's new family DNA show, with a big-pocketed partner backing it. Plus a touching greyhound racing story in the Herald Sun shows the tail wags the dog.

Poll position: A shock SMS poll result boots a Labor heavyweight, but raises questions. Plus an old-school comedian reaches out to an old acquaintance - ABC Chair Kim Williams - for help scoring interviews.

Billionaire gives back: Adrian Portelli's cash splash whips shoppers and the news media into a frenzy. Plus reins of power - racing industry criticism curiously goes missing.

Miracle sports water: Seven gives oxygenated water too much oxygen. Travel insurance tales: 1Cover's warm embrace by news outlets. Plus radio rebels rebuked: Another ACMA gong for Kyle and Jackie O.

Labor invites social media influencers into budget lockup, Star journo Nick McKenzie caught on secret recording, plus There's a bear in there: an un-bear-lievable tale from The Australian.

Claims by The Australian that Yallourn coal plant will have its life extended come under scrutiny. Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's fight against Meta over scam ads. AI shopping ads give surprise fashion advice on Seven's website.

The explosive laden caravan turns out to be a con job. Clive Palmer tries to provoke outrage and succeeds at The Age. Political commentator and one-time Liberal Party candidate depicted as an average punter on news website.

Commercial TV networks go all in on Cyclone Alfred coverage, Labor scores a win with misreported housing numbers, plus Trump takes control of the White House press pack - giving supportive outlets new prominence.

Marty Sheargold's jibe at the Matildas proves the final straw for Triple M bosses. A foreign interference scoop proves a dud. Plus Sky's Steve Price attempts his own Media Watch-style investigation.

'Jack The Ripper' revelations come back from the dead and the media keep forgetting. Seven puffs up golden boy Basil Zempilas in the WA elections. Plus Murdoch family infighting casts doubt over the company's future.

Sam Newman's nazi boost; Daily Tele's stunt backfires; Seven's horoscope horror. Presented by Linton Besser.

Trump 2.0 media circus; ABC's 'Antoinette issue'; Nine's beach house porkies. Presented by Linton Besser.

Media Watch returns with new host Linton Besser. This week: A media storm over big asylum seeker figures, but did anyone check the numbers? Nine ditches Darwin news; plus Planet America has a podcast - or does it?

The thwarted hijacking of the flydubai plane sparks conspiracies among online truthers eager to fill the information void. A year into the search for Gus Lamont, Seven gives flight to a debunked theory he was taken by an eagle.

Trump's media ban of CNN, Politico and MS NOW prompts a rare show of solidarity between rival outlets. A corruption inquiry lifts the veil on a media campaign to undermine a fugitive developer's political enemies. Plus Fremantle fever in the West.

The ACMA found Four Corners breached impartiality rules over its War Memorial investigation. But were the findings justified? News Corp does away with council reporters and replaces them with AI. Plus missing Mitch McConnell.

Drug-use revelations levelled at One Nation's Victorian leader sparks debate about 'gotcha' journalism. The hard-right AfD won a German state election by weaponising mainstream media attacks. Plus a News24 presenter pranked.

How the media fell for government spin, and celebrated a film funding cut, as a funding 'boost'. The Beetaloo gas project finds a cheerleader in the NT News, with very little scrutiny.

Images of the flood tragedy in the Himalayas circulated the globe, except in China, where state-owned media tightly controlled what people saw.

Did the media drop the ball covering the unfolding Swans saga this week? The Australian asks its readers to brace for a 30% rent hike, but is that what the experts really said? Plus unroyal welcome for Harry and Meghan.

Troubles are mounting for Meta as a court case exposes its role in a mental health crisis. Another "Outback" doco caught staging scenes while receiving public funding.

The unmasking of a high-profile celebrity agent convicted of rape has sparked questions around suppression orders and who receives them. Plus 'Judaism' removed from the Census? The News24 presenter who had to backtrack on her claims.

The peptide black market hiding in plain sight on social media, and why regulators are struggling to keep up. Sunrise incorrectly reports Volodymyr Zelenskyy has resigned with no one seeming to notice.

The ABC scrubs two Four Corners episodes after concerns about the veracity of sources. Plus Queensland's Courier Mail forced to backpedal claims that EVs are a significant source of toxic tyre dust.

A Tasmanian minister whips up discontent on his socials following an inconvenient question. AI "news" websites publish robotic slop after pilfering content from real journalists.

The spectacle of an Iranian state funeral, covered by international reporters. ABC takes the stand at the Antisemitism Royal Commission, answering claims of antisemitic bias. Plus a glossy magazine's AI mishap.

Australian media spare no detail in its coverage of a Thai teen's murder. BHP shows off its shiny electric truck and spins its green credentials. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce manage to keep their public wedding very private.

Karlito's Way: Karl Stefanovic loses his job after embracing a controversial anti-Islam activist. Giggle Gagged: The ABC rejects an opinion piece by business woman Sall Grover.

A planned cull of wild horses has The Daily Telegraph chomping at the bit to voice its disapproval. 60 Minutes fails to give its audience the full picture when covering two child-abduction cases.

The role of Elon Musk in the Belfast riots show again, how his platform X, is used to stoke outrage. Plus a preference-flow graph in the Australian Financial Review includes political parties you've never heard of.

Turmoil at CBS continues with the firing of longtime '60 Minutes' reporter Scott Pelley, One Nation's playbook of bypassing traditional media for social channels has seen it surpass major parties in popularity.

Why the juiced-up athletes at the Enhanced Games weren't about selling athletic glory, but pharmaceuticals. The West Australian reports a "blood feud" between Liberal Andrew Hastie and accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith.

Amid budget fallout, small businesses fight tax changes with memes and a little creative license. Charlie Teo fights against restrictions with a little help from a sympathetic media.

Seven misidentified an ISIS Bride, even after she notified them they had the wrong photo. How GB News leveraged politician-hosts to shake up British elections. Plus the WA shed-home business that used their inside connections for free coverage.

From flight trackers to walking down the plane aisle, no effort was spared to capture the so-called 'ISIS brides' returning home.

Seven's latest home reno show My Reno Rules promises its audience big prizes, but are viewers really told just how much these "free" giveaways cost?

Kyle and Jackie foes: Court case documents reveal the behind-the-scenes spats were as unsavoury as their breakfast banter. A renewable energy expose by Seven's flagship investigation program Spotlight found to have omitted key facts.

Hungary's new leader vows to restore independence to his country's media following years of dismantling by Viktor Orban. The Racing NSW logo disappears from the pages of the Sydney Morning Herald's form guide.

Media blockade: Trump opens a second front, declaring war on CNN's Iran reporting. Plus docu-series 'Aussie Gold Hunters' has been a hit with audiences around the world, but are they serving up real treasure or just fool's gold?

Algorithm addiction: Court finds Google and Meta apps were like drugs of addiction. Predators online: US court finds Facebook distributed child sexual material. Plus Doctor who? Australian Story puffs up a discredited orthopaedic surgeon.

Allegations of violence made against media mogul Antony Catalano amid the steady decline of his regional news empire. Google AI summaries mean opportunity for big news players, and Armageddon for the little guys.

Journalists scramble to verify the tragic death of school children in Iran. Scared or safe? Dubai influencers caught in Iran's crosshairs mysteriously change their tune.

The conflict in Iran marks a new chapter in AI-generated war imagery; The Kyle and Jackie O split marks the $200 million collapse of a high-stakes radio gamble.

Missiles fly across the Middle East, as the world's media makes tough decisions about what conflict to cover. Ukraine fades from view as the hazards intensify for reporters on the ground.

The royal formerly known as Prince Andrew was front page news (almost) everywhere. From political outsider to second-place contender, One Nation's polling surge demands a deeper look at their policies.

A leadership refresh proves the ultimate banquet for Canberra journalists. ASIO rebukes Four Corners which aired accusations of intelligence failures leading up to the Bondi Beach massacre. Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The alleged Australian terror attack that almost barely caused a whimper: Did the media miss the story? The radio doctor quietly profiting from the supplement he promotes on air. Plus The Art of Distraction by Andrew Hastie.

Nine newspapers served up Australian Open coverage, but did the ball fall wide of the line? Did the media amplify the Trump administration's narrative around the Minnesota killings?