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  • ABC TV

Media Watch

  • 1989 – 2025
  • Returning Series
  • News · Documentary
  • ~15m / ep
  • 17 seasons
  • 5.7/10

An Australian media analysis television program currently focusing on critiquing the Australian media.

Latest: Season 2025 · 2025

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  1. E1. Episode 1

    Feb 3, 2025 · 16m

    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?

  2. E2. Episode 2

    Feb 10, 2025 · 18m

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

  3. E3. Episode 3

    Feb 17, 2025 · 17m

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

  4. E4. Episode 4

    Feb 24, 2025 · 15m

    '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.

  5. E5. Episode 5

    Mar 3, 2025 · 17m

    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.

  6. E6. Episode 6

    Mar 10, 2025 · 16m

    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.

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