Season 2017

1. Episode 1

2017-02-06 · 15m

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

2. Episode 2

2017-02-13 · 15m

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

3. Episode 3

2017-02-20 · 15m

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

4. Episode 4

2017-02-27 · 15m

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

5. Episode 5

2017-03-06 · 15m

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

6. Episode 6

2017-03-13 · 15m

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

7. Episode 7

2017-03-20 · 15m

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

8. Episode 8

2017-03-27 · 15m

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.

9. Episode 9

2017-04-03 · 15m

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

10. Episode 10

2017-04-10 · 15m

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

11. Episode 11

2017-04-24 · 15m

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

12. Episode 12

2017-05-01 · 15m

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

13. Episode 13

2017-05-08 · 15m

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

14. Episode 14

2017-05-15 · 15m

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

15. Episode 15

2017-05-22 · 15m

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

16. Episode 16

2017-05-29 · 15m

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

17. Episode 17

2017-06-05 · 15m

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

18. Episode 18

2017-06-12 · 15m

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

19. Episode 19

2017-06-19 · 15m

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

20. Episode 20

2017-06-26 · 15m

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

21. Episode 21

2017-07-03 · 15m

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

22. Episode 22

2017-07-10 · 15m

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

23. Episode 23

2017-07-17 · 15m

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

24. Episode 24

2017-07-24 · 15m

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

25. Episode 25

2017-07-31 · 15m

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

26. Episode 26

2017-08-07 · 15m

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

27. Episode 27

2017-08-14 · 15m

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

28. Episode 28

2017-08-21 · 15m

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

29. Episode 29

2017-08-28 · 15m

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

30. Episode 30

2017-09-04 · 15m

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

31. Episode 31

2017-09-11 · 15m

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

32. Episode 32

2017-09-18 · 15m

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

33. Episode 33

2017-09-25 · 15m

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

34. Episode 34

2017-10-02 · 15m

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

35. Episode 35

2017-10-09 · 15m

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

36. Episode 36

2017-10-16 · 15m

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

37. Episode 37

2017-10-23 · 15m

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

38. Episode 38

2017-10-30 · 15m

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

39. Episode 39

2017-11-06 · 15m

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

40. Episode 40

2017-11-13 · 15m

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41. Episode 41

2017-11-20 · 15m

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

42. Episode 42

2017-11-27 · 15m

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

43. Episode 43

2017-12-04 · 15m

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

44. Episode 44

2017-12-11 · 15m

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