Media Watch

Albo's Trump success was a surprise for those who anticipated failure. A popular electronics company doing under the table deals with online reviewers. Plus a Swisse supplement story revealed to be a mea culpa to an unhappy advertiser.

Donald Trump's attempt to neuter independent reporting at the Pentagon prompted a press walkout that didn't initially involve one Australian outlet. Plus a spectacular podcast bust-up between an ABC star and a co-host tied to Melbourne's underworld.

Trump's involvement in the Gaza ceasefire deal coincides with the Nobel Peace Prize announcement. A top motoring journalist at The Australian with a car marketing side hustle. Plus proposed changes to Freedom of Information will result in less freedom for less information.

Kerry Stokes quits, amid planned merge with Southern Cross Media. Worried about misinformation? You're the problem, according to tech overlords. Kidman and Urban's divorce hasn't stopped press from going into overdrive.

Sky's latest opinion show 'Freya Fires Up' self-combusts after a controversial bacon incident. Nine Radio's silence on a scandal involving a key advertiser. Plus Spoof Goof: 'Planet America' mistakes a comedy video for news.

Stand-up, stood down: ABC America's axing of Jimmy Kimmel underscores how media giants are bowing to the new America. Plus a tourism reporter showcases the whale-watching industry on 7 News, but who's paying for the splash?

Victoria's machete bins face scrutiny over their hefty price tag. Reporters urged to embrace the beauty of a one-sided story. Plus reports on refuelling anxiety are making headlines, but is this story running on empty?

ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle escapes jail time, but protections still fall short. A tragic youth suicide gets the full Courier-Mail treatment. Plus a retirement village so good it made the news.

Stop the Boeings: 2GB's Ben Fordham fires up his listeners with questionable migration numbers. Sky News' big interview with Benjamin Netanyahu fails to deliver. Plus the tech news outlets that fell for an AI writer.

SBS's debate on masculinity ruffles feathers ; Animal rights reporting faces a new threat ; Snake video amnesia

Seven News brings us burger news that looks a little pre-assembled. A Herald Sun splash about a senior Victorian Liberal and his wife prompts outrage. A Daily Mail society listicle has not gone down well with those included.

A Sky News report falsely sounds the alarm on migration anarchy in Europe; The new tech behind the Government's social media ban has the gambling lobby rubbing their hands; The Daily Telegraph splashes the wrong kid across its tabloids.

In defence of a free press, South Park links arms with an unlikely ally in Rupert Murdoch. As photos of hunger shock the world, even those taking them begin to starve. Plus the AFR struggles to disclose its sponsored content.

A press picnic with the release of convicted criminal Salim Mehajer. China extends a warm welcome to Albanese, but not the journalists with him. Plus Sunrise's foot doctor with credentials that don't quite foot the bill.

Much room for mushrooms: What to make of the all-you-can-eat buffet of mushroom headlines, podcasts and TV specials. Plus a breakfast show's fast-food love-in prompts unsavoury questions.

Outrage over the Adelaide Advertiser's racy treatment of a tragic killing. The automotive journalists who engaged in a financial engagement with the carmaker they were reviewing. Plus an AFR article's anti-red tape screed that conveniently leaves out an important fact.

Journalist Antoinette Lattouf has won her blockbuster legal showdown, so what does it mean for trust in your ABC? Plus from Donut Day to Free Chicken Day, the proliferation of 'National Food Days' helps sneak food ads into our news diets.

As the US bombs Iran, the fog of war descends over the media; A wild car chase on the streets of Melbourne given the hero treatment; plus The Herald Sun splash that got Tony Mokbel bashed and led to a big pay day.

LA protests cast a shadow over press safety in the age of Trump; The drone advocate who happens to also be a drone investor; Plus a prominent reporter's secret trip bankrolled by a major defence company.

What the Trump-Musk fallout tells us about the social media megaphones they own, charities left empty handed after being involved in a Channel 7 show and commercial news overlook a tragic custody death in the NT.

Live from censorship central, it was Dubai week on Nine's Today show. A front page story about a transgender child at a sports carnival filled with errors. Plus why a controversial ABC Gaza interview was taken offline.

The Coalition's chaotic split given the Mills and Boon treatment by the media, Trump silences a lonely bastion of journalistic integrity in Asia, and The Chicago Sun-Times reading suggestions a little too far outside the box.

One of Australia's most decorated soldiers loses another battle in his long running defamation case, 2GB fluffs up a scandal about children dressing up as animals plus the NRL appoint Seven's news boss to run the Perth Bears.

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?

A US election special. Will billionaire media moguls swing the US presidential election? Will a re-elected Trump punish the mainstream media? Should the media believe the opinion polls?

Billionaire Blunder. Israel strike kills three reporters. No, Harvey, No!

Cassie's big sell. Reporting from Lebanon. Royal Bait.

Hurricane Heroics. Gaza media bloodshed. EV backfire. John Laws quits again.

October 7 one year on: the devastating impact of the Gaza war on journalism - reporters killed, foreign press blocked, and newsrooms bombed. Plus Seven's Rainmaker and Sky News Election Lie.

Supermarket rip-offs. Some Help from Tony. Al Fayed exposed. Deadly clickbait. Presented by guest host Janine Perrett.

ABC accused of audio no-no. Ghost papers haunt regional towns. Murdoch "Succession". Presented by guest host Janine Perrett.

Ten's tasteless "exclusive". Overdose of inaccuracy. Pet-eating debunked. Nine's unease as Sneesby exits. Presented by guest host Janine Perrett.

Taking the piss. Media's gambling addiction. Grenfell fire culture war. Vale Tim Bowden.

Fordham breach. Barrier Reef: thriving or dying?. Gina Says.

Harry 'doomsayer' Dent. ABC MD quits. political influencers.

Gaza visa fight. Media mogul Musk. 'White powder' whispers. Promo whoops.

Olympic blow. Media terror rhetoric. Nuclear censorship. Autism lasers.

Fake news sparks riots. Wrong Flag. Smut FM.

Gold medal junkets. Attacking Kamala Harris. Woodside PR.

Trump and Murdoch. Anti-EV campaign. Amazon PR.

Trump shot at. Biden warnings. Hottest crim. Seven's satire and stars.

The framing of Senator Payman. Free-to-air 'death spiral'. Tory bloodbath.

Dutton Snapchat scandal. Assange - guilty but free. Biden horror.

Dutton's nuclear play. AFL kiss 'outrage'. Cheng Lei bullied.

Roxy's giveaway embarrassment. Far-right love. Oz's Hitler smear. 'Porn hooked' tribe.

Costello's fall. Origin head knock. Radio replay.

Guilty Trump fallout. Criminal Court attacks. Aunty's Tingle tangle.

Terror in the skies. Albo's 'new' jet. Nuclear Fantasy and Soggy Sunak.

Albo's eviction notice. Whistleblower jailed. Nine's cruise freebie.

Furry fury. AI unmasked. AFR v Stokes. Sunrise vax scare.

Not Russian spies. 'Migration Watch' unmasked. Rolling TV Coverage.

Musk the villain. Trump's 'catch and kill'. AI news rip-off.

Lehrmann fallout. Hugh Grant v Murdoch. Snowtown freedom?

Bondi Junction attack. Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case against Network Ten fails as Judge finds 'Lehrmann raped Higgins'. Brumbies and the ABC.

'Coke for comment'. Gaza aid workers. News gamification.

Rudd Trumped. Spotlight on Auerbach. ABC's AFL rewind.

Roxy's giveaway. ABC-Lattouf case. Bronwyn sorry, again.

NRL's Vegas dazzle. Meta media 'war'. Four Corners 'hit job'.

Rolfe's media 'friend'. Gut balloon, Alleged kidnapping, Sky News kayfabe.

Taylor mania. Navalny's death. Buyback balls-up. Correcting The Australian.

Barnaby's fall. Humanising war victims. Seven ignores Gap.

Biden. Tucker and Putin. Bolt v Police. G-string g-up.

PM's breach of faith. ABC, Lattouf and lobbyists. Cricket's invisible winner. AI sexism.

Gaza War - 4 weeks on -- Reporters grapple with misinformation, disinformation and propaganda as they sift through what's true, what's legal and what's morally justified.

Lehrmann named; Billionaire Pratt; Putin's cardiac arrest; Ronaldo's 99 lashes.

Fog of War: We look at coverage of the deadly hospital blast at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza which was initially reported as an Israeli air strike.

Israel-Hamas war; No to Voice; ABC defames commando.

ABC cops pressure; Nine's Block concerns; Kelly v academics.

Dictator Dan goes out a winner: Michael Pezzullo's bombshell texts: GB News presenter outrage.

Murdoch Succession: Russell Brand reckoning: Karl's Uni failure.

A look at the Voice to parliament referendum, the social media campaigns, the latest polling and the quality of the media debate.

Shock Front Page; A Current Affair Confessions; Watchdog slaps OZ; Qantas Re-Joyce.

Qantas crisis; Climate activists gagged; BBC wrong Guy.

The truth is out there; Climate retraction; Mushroom mystery; Ticks and crosses.

Nine's terror scare; Sky hosts at war; Lehrmann's $6 million; AFR gotcha fails.

Marvelous Matildas; X kills Twitter; Kyle's indecency obsession; No ordinary renter.

Onya Sonia; ABC and Woodside; Football fever.

Lost at sea?; Seven's World Cup snub; Barbie mania; Tele's dead body shock.

Too hot to deny; Sex book panic; Scenic sinks.

The Sun v BBC; ABC's defo drama; Costly cock-up.

Voice ad anger; Nelly Yoa's return; Ashes prank.

Tyrrell leak; Seven 'baby killer'; Kooky Kennedy.

News values lost at sea; Probyn axed; Transgender TERF war.

Leaks, privacy and the press - the media trial of Brittany Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann.

20 years after being found guilty of killing her four infant children, what role did the media play in Kathleen Folbigg's pardon? Along with: Peter Glesson returns & Philip Lowe's musical crime.

BRS - a media victory; Garlic kills COVID?; McGowan's farewell.

Nine's Modi mania; Taser tragedy; Blayney family affair.

ACA privacy breach; Digital media deaths; Stan Grant; Dairy spin.

CNN hosts Trump; Qantas culls AFR; Reality TV "death".

King's coverage; MasterChef death; Sunrise stadium love; ScoMo's Maccas myth.

King Kyle's wedding; Sky News 'misleading'; Putin jails journalist; Nine's hommus knight.

Where's Lidia? Fox, lies and consequences; Warner's tabloid shame.

News or Coles PR?; Media and privacy; Herald Sun 'misleading'.

Trump surrender; Seven's diet plug; Latham's latest disgrace.

Minns wins; FOI fight; Putin's "body double"; Perth red faces.

AUKUS raucous; The Barilaro tapes; Surviving the ads.

Super brawl; Triggered shock jocks; ABC's Veritas correction.

Super brawl; Triggered shock jocks; ABC's Veritas correction.

Falconio misfire; Fox's Big Lie; Nurse's 'campaign of harassment'.

Can't rule out aliens!; Unhappy billionaire; Buy more ads!

Rate rise rumble; Lehrmann sues; Crypto coma; Google's bad Bard.

Alice Springs fury; Robodebt 'friendly media'.

Clarke's tabloid turmoil; ChatGPT v journalism; AFR fooled. Presented by Paul Barry.

Fugitive found (again); FTX crypto crash; Murdoch dumps Trump.

Herald Sun v Dan Andrews; Peter Gleeson scandal; Chief Twit.

Lehrmann jury discharged; Media gambling; Dr Teo media war.

UK PM - who's next?; Lehrmann trial; Hobart Mercury; Chris Kenny's sparkler.

ACON and the ABC; Court report shocker.

Bombers' religion; Nine's Bali bombing buzz; Andrew O'Keefe's rehab; Wrong chopper.

Seven's chequebook award; Kyle's poxy mouth; Media kill tax; China coup?

AFL race bombshell; Hating Meghan Markle; Climate case debunked?

Queen's death; Wrong man; Kumanjayi Walker inquest.

Dawson verdict; Teal tax; Mould dementia; Cocaine Cassie.

Conflict Island threat; Crikey v Murdoch; Bad joke.

Morrison's secret ministries; Massoud defo; Dragon overkill; Grand final leaks.

Samsung junket; FitzSimons and Price; ABC skips Tavistock; Offshore wind.

Albo's honeymoon; Better than water; COVID origin solved?; Price of fake news.

Ricky's rumble; Deaths in custody; Developer PR; Catnapping caper.

Boat bombshell; The Julie Bishop show; Taliban media assault; Free footy?

COVID 'backflip'; ACA ambush; Abortion 'hoax'; AFR Stoked.

Kyrgios coverage; Chelmsford defamation; Collaery's case dropped; Boris' demise.

Qantas PR; Assange extradition; Tele's wrong Dulhunty; Prime7 anger.

Lisa's Logie lashing; Anti-ageing breakthrough?; Canavan's slogans.

Age betting apology; Rebel and the SMH; Langer to politics?; Kardashian prank.

Why 60 Minutes' expose into the cosmetic industry is a win for journalism, the betting company seducing high profile reporters, and is Piers Morgan's new show an expensive flop? Presented by guest host Janine Perrett.

ABC's photo fumble; School violence threat; China's Pacific push; Roo where? Presented by guest host Andy Park.

Dutton makeover; 60 Minutes censored; ABC complaints.

Anthony Albanese becomes Australia's 31st Prime Minister following a turbulent 6-week campaign. We dissect the media's coverage and behaviour and whether it swayed the final result.

Teal threat; Katherine Deves and trans sport; Campaign capers.

Campaign gotchas; Election ads; Seven's wrong man; Qantas hype.

Opinion polls - can we trust them?; Independent candidates; Putin dying?

COVID-19 hits the Labor campaign bus sending Anthony Albanese into isolation; Media celebrate Anthony Albanese's stand in; Election debates; The heroic flood rescue story that didn't happen; Plus Adelaide TV viewers furious.

Campaign ahoy; PM's past; 'Rain bomb'.

Ben Roberts-Smith trial; Budget flogging; Cheng Lei hearing.

No woke bloke; Russia's lies; Integrity for sale; Cat tale.

Swindled; Reporter disgrace; Local news copy and paste; Russian bravery.

Floods, war and climate change; Albanese likes Howard; Petrol Peter.

How Ukraine smashed Russia in the information war as Putin's brutal crackdown on Russia's free press is all but complete.

'Manchurian candidate'; AFR's beauty spot; Mysterious Milat t-shirt; Studio 10 f-bomb.

Canberra convoy; Bread culture war; 2SM's missing 'vaccine'; Australian apology.

Paul Barry looks at Nine's Cleo chequebook; The PM and the press; plus ABC funding boost.

Gabby Petito obsession; 'Coward's palace'; Reignite Aunty; Victory for justice.

Gladys out; Jessica and Pauline; Wrong driver; Brexit Britain.

Protesters v reporters; Unravel Juanita; ABC racism doco.

Sub shock; Markle-fest; Piers goes global; Stefanovic storm-off.

Climate conversion?; Seven's red card; IPA data flawed; Unmasked.

COVID 'actors'; The Australian's transgender coverage; Hadley's apology; Sky's fake guest?

 Paul Barry returns to present MW after his enforced break.Wrong explosion; ABC Ghost Train review; Brands v brands.

Taliban media; COVID curfew; Pub COVID shamed; Page 3 girls; Tabloid Tinder trick. Presented by guest host Janine Perrett.

Costly tweet; Clive's campaign; Q+A 'code red'; Paramount spruik. Guest host Janine Perrett brings you a fearless critique of the week's journalism.

Bol's 'refugee camp'; Vax push; List of shame; Mafia misfire. With guest host Jeremy Fernandez.

Olympic hurdles; Craig Kelly falsehoods; Greyhound mystery.

Palaszczuk's Olympic storm; ScoMo's 'sorry'; Who's interview?; Anti-sex Olympics.

Hopkins cancelled; Dangerous and misleading; Albo's secret trip.

Pfizer spin; UNESCO, the reef and China; Shock jock coup; Choc top media.

Vaccine beat ups; COVID driver; Local news cuts.

COVID shutdown; Chinese defector?; China media strike; WHO booze ban.

Friendlyjordies arrest; Dark Emu debate; Tackling mistruths; Ronaldo Coke fizzer.

For the next nine weeks, an epic battle will be fought in the Federal Court as Australia's most decorated soldier sues Nine Newspapers after claiming he committed six murders in Afghanistan. Why Clive Palmer's latest radio ads were pulled off air. Plus how a negative story about Harvey Norman disappeared from News Corp websites.

ABC Porter defence; ABC QAnon; Jones' old tricks; Mice march?

COVID nonsense; Herald Sun says No; Collaery's secret trial; BBC Diana scandal.

COVID patient named; China's 'Virus Warfare'; Gaza media targeted; V'landys v ABC.

India jail threat; Telegraph mistake; Health inquiry ignored; Motherly mistake.

Secret prince? ; India's COVID censorship ; NY Post lie ; Farewell Phil.

Royal twaddle ; Latham's playbook ; The housing game.

Twerked off; Ben Roberts-Smith v Nine; Fairy bread fake; Reporters under fire.

Vaccine scaremongering; Mal's discontent; Holy Aunty!; Terrorist propaganda.

Triple M shockers; Jeremy Cordeaux axed; ACA - not the full story; Morrow's mistake.

Porter v ABC; Sexy snaps; Racist comment; Demon clickbait.

Royal 'bombshell'; Lawless John Laws; Journalist F; Copyright Affair; Porter sues ABC.

Christian Porter has denied an allegation outlined in an anonymous letter that he raped a woman in 1988. Has the media coverage been reckless or reasonable? Is it trial by media? Would an inquiry throw light on what happened?

Facebook pay; Deflect and reject.

Vaccine pitch; Facebook's blackout; Bolt's Cooked complaint.

Mums cancelled?; Tabloid treatment; Fox News defamation.