Paul Barry back tonight.
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📺 Tonight on #MediaWatch:
— Media Watch (@ABCmediawatch) June 26, 2023
✂️ ABC backlash over cuts.
🔴 Age columnist Julie Szego cancelled over transgender controversy.
🔵 And media at sea over two ocean tragedies.
9.15 @abctv pic.twitter.com/VYAMCHV81C
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Congrats to @TheRealPBarry Ten years this week since he took over from me as @ABCmediawatch presenter. Just one of his many great segments. https://t.co/d1VmphA8UE
— Jonathan Holmes (@jonaholmes48) July 8, 2023
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Tonight
📺 Tonight on #MediaWatch:
— Media Watch (@ABCmediawatch) July 17, 2023
🚫 Whoops wrong man — Perth media make horror mistake.
🔵 ABC backflips over Heston Russell defamation case.
☀️ And the Sun’s expose on the BBC’s Huw Edwards.
9.15 @abctv pic.twitter.com/knoxfliRKM
According to The Guardian Australia, the Media Watch Twitter account is staying open as it is an independent account.
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Media Watch renewed for another season in 2024.
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Season final is Monday 4 December
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Notice:
Sky News captions
Media Watch: On 2 October Media Watch broadcast a story about Michael Pezzullo. The story featured several examples of Mr Pezzullo’s name being miscaptioned in auto-generated captions, which it said occurred “on Sky News”. In fact, the miscaptioning occurred in several Sky News videos published on the MSN website. The same errors did not occur in the broadcast versions of the same content, or on the Sky News website. Media Watch should have attributed the errors to MSN, not Sky News. Note: An earlier version of this correction stated that the miscaptioned videos had been published on the Sky News website. This was incorrect.
Season final is at 8.30pm next Monday.
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They really need a new presenter, Barry has been doing it so long now and it really needs a fresh voice every few years.
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Farting TikToks and crude shock jocks – Our best (and worst) moments of 2023. #MediaBites #MediaWatch pic.twitter.com/fdYmrpIYQL
— Media Watch (@ABCmediawatch) November 30, 2023
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Season final 8:30pm tonight
📺 Tonight on #MediaWatch:
— Media Watch (@ABCmediawatch) December 4, 2023
🏠 Seven’s grubby deal for its Bruce Lehrmann exclusive.
💰 Commercial news do the big sell for Amazon.
⛏️ Tunnel rescuer Arnold Dix charms the media.
Tonight. Earlier time of 8.30pm. ABC TV + iview pic.twitter.com/xvnWgtD8Ct
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A little surprised no one else has commented, just watched the last ep of MW, using Media Bites as the wrap of the year was kind of jarring, it’s a completely different tone to Media Watch, realise it was probably done as a cross promotion, but think it was a bit of a fail
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Media Watch returns Monday 5 February 9:30 pm
Australia’s leading forum for media analysis and comment, bringing you a brave and fearless critique of the week’s journalism, issues and events in the news. Presented by Paul Barry.
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‘Bugger off!’: Media meltdown over Woolworths’ Australia Day merch snub.#MediaBites #MediaWatch pic.twitter.com/J74074p1AG
— Media Watch (@ABCmediawatch) January 30, 2024
interesting story from tonight’s show
It’s a shocker when Sophie “Chopper” Elsworth emerges as the voice of common sense!
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The segment about the Bondi coverage in Last night’s episode seems to have just been a vehicle to slip the boot into the ABC, lots of discussion about nine and sevens coverage but not with a very critical eye - Ten didn’t even get a mention!
Was it? Their analysis and criticism seemed pretty fair and spot on to me. Do you not think the ABC could have done better? And if this is how they respond to a major event on their home turf, imagine the coverage if it happened in Adelaide or Hobart. Seven’s unprofessional blunders have got blanket coverage and I haven’t seen any suggested Nine did anything bad. The ABC’s performance seems like a reasonable angle and something MW could contribute something which hasn’t already been said.
And honestly, Ten didn’t get a mention because beyond this forum, no one really cares. It’s not a serious news outfit and no one is turning on ten when there’s a major breaking event.
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It’s fair to call out the ABCs coverage, but failing to critically review the others coverage other than their ability to throw resources at it comes across as incredibly pointed.