It was a report on Sky News Australia.
UK Sky News is a straight down the middle objective news service since Comcast took over.
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Monday 11 August
Julia Baird filling in.
Pre-packaged burgers and pre-cooked news - Seven News brings us burger news that looks a little pre-assembled
The Herald Sun’s undercooked political exposé - A Herald Sun splash about a senior
Victorian Liberal and his wife prompts outrage.
The Daily Mail’s concerning list - A Daily Mail’s society listicle hasn’t gone down
well with those included.
Tonight on #MediaWatch:
— Media Watch (@ABCmediawatch) August 11, 2025
🍔 Pre-packaged burgers and pre-cooked news
📰 The Herald Sun's undercooked political exposé
✡️ The Daily Mail’s concerning list
📺 9:15pm ABC TV + iview pic.twitter.com/YP7UnicLKX
Julia Baird to be guest host for the next couple of weeks, including tonight.
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Monday 18 August
Julia Baird filling in.
This program contains animal treatment that may concern some viewers
SBS’s debate on masculinity ruffles feathers - SBS’s debate on men, by men, becomes focused on women.
Animal rights reporting faces a new threat due to a legal ruling
Snake video amnesia - a snake video splashed across news bulletins exposes the media’s
short-term memory.
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A background article on the issue
A permanent injunction granted by the Federal Court of Australia to Game Meats Company, a slaughterhouse, has created a new legal precedent with significant ramifications for press freedom and public interest reporting.
The court ordered Farm Transparency Project (FTP) to destroy all copies of covertly obtained footage showing animal cruelty and illegal activity at the facility. Granting copyright of the footage to the slaughterhouse, the court’s decision effectively restricts the publication of material revealing commercial activities on private land, raising concerns among activists and journalists about the future of transparency and the protection of whistleblowers in Australia.
https://tasmaniantimes.com/2025/08/landmark-ruling-silences-animal-cruelty-whistleblowers/
Interesting that the ABC has uploaded only two segments from tonight’s episode on the Media Watch website - animal rights reporting and snake video - but not the segment on SBS.
The whole episode can be seen on iView.
For some reason it’s timestamped 29 July 2024 but quotes from the discussion are noted as being from July 2025.
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Monday 25 August 9:20 PM
Ben Fordham’s questionable migration numbers -
Sky News’ big interview with Benjamin Netanyahu fails to deliver
The news outlets that fell for an AI writer
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Mumbrella has an article on this.
The case of Margaux Blanchard: Publishers fall for AI-written articles
Monday 1 September 9:15 PM
ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle escapes jail time, but protections still fall short
A tragic youth
suicide gets the full Courier-Mail treatment
Nine talks up a Country club - Plus a retirement village so good it made the news.
Monday 8 September 9:15 PM
The kids are not all right
It was related to media coverage of a survey by UK car retailer Cazoo that nearly two-thirds of Gen Z drivers experience “refuel anxiety” when filling up their cars.
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Monday 15 September
Trouble in paradise: Tensions after Pacific journalists were excluded from the PM’s presser.
A US podcast outfit with truly a podcast for everyone.
Plus Taliban tourism: influencers give Afghanistan an Instagram glow-up.
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Monday 22 September
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?
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Monday 29 September 9:20 pm
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.
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Monday 6 October
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.
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Monday 13 October
Trump’s involvement in the Gaza ceasefire deal coincides with the Nobel Peace Prize announcement.
An Oz motoring journalist with a car marketing side hustle.
Proposed FOI changes result in less freedom for less information.
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Monday 20 October
Which Australian news outlet toed Trump’s line? Trump’s attempt to neuter independent reporting at the Pentagon prompted a press walkout that didn’t initially involve one Australian outlet.
An ABC journo’s podcast woes - A podcast bust-up between an ABC star and a co-host tied to Melbourne’s underworld.
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Monday 27 October
Albo’s American dream - Albo’s Trump success was a surprise for those who anticipated failure.
Cheques from Big Tech - An electronics company doing under the table deals with online reviewers.
Sleep supplements for kids - A Swisse supplement story revealed to be a mea culpa to an unhappy advertiser.
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