Season 2017

01 Episode 1 Episode 16th February 2017 In the Alice in Wonderland world of fake news and alternative facts, what can the media do in search for the truth? 02 Episode 2 Episode 213th February 2017 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 03 Episode 3 Episode 320th February 2017 Not just fake news but no news; Sex, lies and injunctions; Court copy cats caught out; James Hird and the 'female friend' 04 Episode 4 Episode 427th February 2017 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 05 Episode 5 Episode 56th March 2017 The new Italian Astronaut; Travel tales too good to be true?; Peter Dutton, next Liberal leader? And Karl coverage overload 06 Episode 6 Episode 613th March 2017 Exclusive interview or airport ambush?; Controversial claims get the soft treatment; Punchbowl story missing in action; Satirical protest taken seriously; BBC interview interrupted 07 Episode 7 Episode 720th March 2017 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 08 Episode 8 Episode 827th March 2017 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. 09 Episode 9 Episode 93rd April 2017 Latham lessons not learnt; Media love a miracle; First on Nine five years late and Cyclone Debbie coverage 10 Episode 10 Episode 1010th April 2017 What lies beneath; Media war over Syria; Internal war at News Corp and Red faces over blushing bride story 11 Episode 11 Episode 1124th April 2017 Close call; Going for gold; Putin critics pay with lives and Prime time PR puff 12 Episode 12 Episode 121st May 2017 Anzac Day outrage; News sites spinning Reddit rubbish; What next for Channel 10? And Paul Antonopoulos forced out 13 Episode 13 Episode 138th May 2017 Royal rumour runs rife; Fairfax cuts hit hard and 100 days of discord 14 Episode 14 Episode 1415th May 2017 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 Episode 1522nd May 2017 Snot right: bogus boogers beat-up; ‘Fake’ Sheikh of shock; Not so new at The Australian; Good Crinkling News 16 Episode 16 Episode 1629th May 2017 The Schapelle Corby media circus; The column that really bombed; Alan Jones, pick and stick 17 Episode 17 Episode 175th June 2017 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 Episode 1812th June 2017 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 Episode 1919th June 2017 No loss of shock jock energy; Rebel with a cause to celebrate; Sky's the limit for Channel Ten 20 Episode 20 Episode 2026th June 2017 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 Episode 213rd July 2017 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 Episode 2210th July 2017 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 Episode 2317th July 2017 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 Episode 2424th July 2017 Rainbow stars in Greens exit; An unholy row; Exploiting tragedy for column inches; Ray's Scomo spray 25 Episode 25 Episode 2531st July 2017 The Pell show comes to town; Super spruikers; Dual citizenship duel; Flying dry 26 Episode 26 Episode 267th August 2017 Reporting on terror raids; Abbott speaks and media repeats; Goodbye to a veteran 27 Episode 27 Episode 2714th August 2017 Teflon John and his media mates; Same Sex marriage frustration; Nightline kills the radio star; Memo to Mitch Fifield 28 Episode 28 Episode 2821st August 2017 Media reform battles on; Jumping the gun on a medical breakthrough; Flash mob to cash in; More perils of live TV 29 Episode 29 Episode 2928th August 2017 A monumental beat up; Same-Sex Campaign; Campaign clanger; Misplaced map outrage 30 Episode 30 Episode 304th September 2017 The missing flood story; Reheating Christmas carols outrage; Media marriage friction; Today starts a war 31 Episode 31 Episode 3111th September 2017 Spot the Tassie Tiger; A matter of trust; Too much publicity is never enough; A picture tells the wrong story 32 Episode 32 Episode 3218th September 2017 Rebel gets the last laugh; The power of Kmart mums; Media reforms gets green light; Malley's media adventure 33 Episode 33 Episode 3325th September 2017 Red faces over Roberts reversal; Spruiking supplements; Spot the sponsored content; TV tantrums 34 Episode 34 Episode 342nd October 2017 Same Love stoush; Seven has more PR woes; Today loves Australia, for a fee 35 Episode 35 Episode 359th October 2017 Las Vegas massacre drives fake news; ABC defends correspondent from Federal MP's attack ads; Northern Star HPV headline wrong 36 Episode 36 Episode 3616th October 2017 The politics of Weinstein; Silencing Ray's spray; Media stays mum; Ipswich or Karachi? 37 Episode 37 Episode 3723rd October 2017 Melania body double bubble; Lisa Walks; Junketing journalists; Christmas in Macau 38 Episode 38 Episode 3830th October 2017 Citizenship Seven coverage; Raids, leaks and sources; Confessions of a homegrown 'terrorist'; Bushie's irony alert backfires 39 Episode 39 Episode 396th November 2017 Citizenship saga bites troubled Turnbull; Media missing on Manus; Deadly treadlies; Facebook fesses up 40 Episode 40 Episode 4013th November 2017 Sorry, no summary available for this episode! 41 Episode 41 Episode 4120th November 2017 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 Episode 4227th November 2017 QLD Election Coverage; Don Burke allegations; John-Michael Howson's tirade; Karl's 'gotcha' fail 43 Episode 43 Episode 434th December 2017 The rush to convict Geoffrey Rush; The sting that stung; Perth to Baku; Lateline signs off 44 Episode 44 Episode 4411th December 2017 A costly Rush?; Stirring up Milo fever; Superstorm hype runs out of puff; Media Watch – 2017 highlights