And apparently, it’s value for money.
Each episode costs $4,440.52, which doesn’t include salaries
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The salary’s are still important though, i don’t know how many staff they have on MW but id imagine most of them are working a considerable amount of the working time on it in some capacity
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25 May
- Amid budget fallout, small businesses fight tax changes with memes and a little creative license.
- Charlie Teo fights against restrictions with help from a sympathetic media.
- Plus a BTN story on school-funding taken down.
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1 June
- Juiced-up athletes at the Enhanced Games weren’t selling athletic glory.
- The West Australian reports a “blood fuel” between Andrew Hastie and Ben Roberts-Smith.
- Plus 9 News reports a concussion pill as a medical breakthrough.
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8 June
- The turmoil at CBS continues with the firing of longtime 60 Minutes reporter Scott Pelley, amid accusations of political interference.
- Plus how One Nation’s media playbook has seen it surpass the major parties in popularity.
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And they have no time for something actually impacting local jobs. Sit in the naughty corner Linton while I whip you. 
No mention of WIN’s decision to water down NBN News. Would rather rant about Donald Trump then discuss local issues.
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Everyone needs a hobby. For Media Watch it is ranting about Trump.
But in fairness to the Media Watch team, I don’t think half a week is enough time to research the NBN/WIN story in enough detail to tell us anything we don’t already know. If I was them, I’d be researching the story now but I wouldn’t run a story on it until after NBN News changes format. See what the impact actually is, and how it measures up against what people say will happen.
The job of Media Watch is to provide extra depth and analysis to a story. I’d much rather Media Watch wait and do the story properly rather than do a half-baked speculative story now only to have to do the job properly later on anyway. If that gives them more time for their favourite hobby, so be it.
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As fun as bashing Trump is, it’s a show on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Surely a story about a major upheval in Australian television trumps what is really a nothing burger of a story (at least in the Australian landscape) for a show like Media Watch.
As for research - look at the amount of discussion on the topic. We’re more informed than Linton on this issue. That’s a problem.
IIRC the total cancellation of Seven’s Gold Coast bulletin didn’t rate a mention on Media Watch.
Show how much the ABC cares about its own sector…
Just thought of this one BTW - but MW not mentioning the WIN-NBN News saga, could it also be due (in part) to MediaHub being own 50-50 by WIN and the ABC and not wanting to piss the other off? I do doubt it, but the question should be asked.
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I think it makes sense to not mention the NBN cuts if MW had nothing unique to add but replacing it with Trump when I also can’t imagine MW had anything special is a choice…
it’s regional though so will take a few weeks before ABC notices.
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5 minutes just playing and recounting US news reports about CBS and 60 Minutes, which most ABC viewers wouldn’t even be able to watch. No mention of the connection to 10 (Ellison now owns 10 too. Will there be an impact here?).
Also no mention of NBN News. And not even a word on ABC news director Justin Stevens resigning after a “fundamental disagreement” with new MD Hugh Marks, and Marks already having a replacement lined up.
Is this an Australian media commentary show or just a roundup of whatever clips the team can find online? Feels like when Paul Barry would just dedicate segment after segment to tabloid magazines when there were more important topics to cover.
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Surely they are working in the background on something to cover the NBN news axings?
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This maybe reported the week of the on air changes.
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MW has criticised the ABC itself in the past, so I doubt their partnership with WIN would scare them away from a story
I think it will be mentioned when it happens rather than when it was announced.
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15 June
The interventions of Elon Musk in the Belfast riots show, again, how he uses his platform X to amplify hate.
Plus a preference-flow graph in the Australian Financial Review includes political parties you’ve never heard of.
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