Media Watch

Monday 3 November

:kangaroo:News Corp’s dinky-di ad fest - News Corp’s Back Australia campaign calls for a return to local manufacturing, yet some of its sponsors are decidedly offshore.

:robot: SCA embraces AI news - Southern Cross Austereo using AI to source and script news.

:scissors: 10 News+ minus 30 mins

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Midia Watch is finishing the year on Monday 24 November

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Monday 10 November

New York’s new millennial mayor offers a masterclass in political campaigning in the twilight of traditional media.
A tech journalist pinged for gaming gadget reviews that are undisclosed ads.
Plus Disney+ gambling loophole.

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Tonight’s episode also included a report on John Laws.

Monday 18 November

BBC backlash: As the BBC grapples with its Trump-editing scandal, the spotlight has also swung onto the ABC. But is the criticism fair?

Wowzers, the 9News sackings missed the story. Lol.

Either next week or never at all. You’d think they’d have room for the 9News sackings that happened recently, but nope, they instead dedicated an entire episode to the BBC.

Bring back Inside Media w/@blackbox! :wink:

I’m now doing Media McKnight every Tuesday. I covered the 9 job cuts here: https://www.youtube.com/live/UDjKwpESetM?si=Aqq-dHoWUzyUKqBN

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Thank you! :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Outside of Mediaspy, is the redundancy of four on-air presenters really that significant? Can’t say I’m shocked. The rest by all accounts are outside of the newsroom what isn’t covered by Media Watch.

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Quite the indictment on the gatekeepers within the ABC who prevented several legitimate and important stories going to air. Glad to see ABC Mediawatch bringing some accountability and transparency to the issues:

ABC Showcase announced Media Watch returning with a new season in 2026.

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24 November

Season final:

A fake mosque proposal duped the media, exposing how little fact-checking was done.
Satirical news site The Betoota Advocate laugh all the way to the bank with cheeky sponsored content. Thanks to eagle-eyed tipsters.

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An amusing way to end the show this year. I guess if news bloopers are good enough for The Cheap Seats… :stuck_out_tongue:

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OMG that was hilarious! :rofl:

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The “cock” clip will end up in the same category as Lee-Lee Chin saying penises.

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