Media Watch - 2009
1 - Episode 1
Air Date: February 9, 2009
Automation Not a Sensation Plastic Too Fantastic (Part two) Thou Shalt Not Plagiarise Tacky Tribute
2 - Episode 2
Air Date: February 16, 2009
Reporting the Bushfires Seven's "Call for Calm" Opinion or Hate-Mongering?
3 - Episode 3
Air Date: February 23, 2009
ABC Oversells Young Australian of the Year Smeared Beat Up Opportunity "Seized" Bowled Over
4 - Episode 4
Air Date: March 2, 2009
Bonsai Muddle;Not So Happy Snap; Reporting the Bushfires (Part 2); How Not To Bring Up Baby; Cat Takes a Ride
5 - Episode 5
Air Date: March 9, 2009
Taking The Wrong Road; Gratuitous Posting; Project Logies; A Dog of a Yarn; Partial Reporting
6 - Episode 6
Air Date: March 16, 2009
Women's Glib; Hypocrisy Unlimited; Go Sea Eagles. Go Nine; Lock, Stock and Airfares
7 - Episode 7
Air Date: March 23, 2009
Tabloid Trading
8 - Episode 8
Air Date: March 30, 2009
Under The Weather; Santa’s Late Delivery; Freedom of Information; Chinese Whispers; Chairman Ron (again); What’s In a Name
9 - Episode 9
Air Date: April 6, 2009
Yesterday’s News; Mugged By The Media; Gambling On The Stats; Who’s The Gawker?
10 - Episode 10
Air Date: April 13, 2009
Flinders Ranges Move West; It’s Just Not Cricket; Slow Learners; Making Ads Fun; Automation Sensation Hits Sydney
11 - Episode 11
Air Date: April 20, 2009
Badge of Honour; Yours Not So Sincerely; Shark Danger Non Alert; Project 8; Another Badge of Honour
12 - Episode 12
Air Date: April 27, 2009
SBS News' Technical Woes; The Problem With “Illegals”; Popoff Pops Up Again; Val and Macca’s Chats
13 - Episode 13
Air Date: May 4, 2009
Swine Flu Fever; Four Corners and the Phuong Ngo Case
14 - Episode 14
Air Date: May 11, 2009
Eighties Pop Band Rules Fiji; Messing With Missiles; Karl’s Crystal Ball; Suspect Revelation; Bikie Exclusive or Bikie Porky?
15 - Episode 15
Air Date: May 18, 2009
A Croc of Priorities; Calling From the Sidelines; Sour Dealings; Where's My Autocue?
16 - Episode 16
Air Date: May 25, 2009
Dust Storm Heads West; Jazzi No; All Aboard The Gravox Train; PM's Trail Goes Cold; Alan's Missing Questions
17 - Episode 17
Air Date: June 1, 2009
Barrie’s Sunday Morning Rap; Regional "Churnalism"; Aussie Travellers Beware; Private Account Goes Public; Want Longer Lasting... Interview? Call Kyle and Jackie O
18 - Episode 18
Air Date: June 8, 2009
A Baby Worth Clicking On; Daily Mercury's Snazzy Headlines; Spider-Ad; How Do You Air A Bad Joke?
19 - Episode 19
Air Date: June 15, 2009
Armed Dingo; There's No Other Store; Spruiking The Punt; Hinch's Hunch; Reshuffle Muddle
20 - Episode 20
Air Date: June 22, 2009
Fed Up Flu; Inappropriate Match Up; A Nation of Pot Heads?; Underbelly Overkill; Hello Madonna... Are you there?; Fake Email Train
21 - Episode 21
Air Date: June 29, 2009
Journalists and Their Sources; One Death Too Many
22 - Episode 22
Air Date: July 6, 2009
A Super Problem; Tennis, Lies and Videotape; Reporting Michael Jackson's Death
23 - Episode 23
Air Date: July 13, 2009
A Chequered Career; The Perils of Facebook; The ABC of Logos; Not So Happy Aussies; Dangers of Recycling
24 - Episode 24
Air Date: July 20, 2009
The Daily Telegraph's Poh-llercoaster; Making Mincemeat of Media Patsies; The Sums of Swine Flu; A Squabble over Squatting
25 - Episode 25
Air Date: July 27, 2009
It's All In the Stars; Moon Walkers Mix-Up; Terrorist Attack, Hoax or Unexploded Bomb?; Pursuing the Victim; Undiplomatic Sound Bite; "Dirty Little Secrets"
26 - Episode 26
Air Date: August 3, 2009
Fun - Kyle and Jackie O Style; Old Laws Rewritten
27 - Episode 27
Air Date: August 10, 2009
Joke or Impertinence?; Late Edition Arrives Early; Journalists and Their Sources (part 2); TEN's Real Estate Trifecta
28 - Episode 28
Air Date: August 17, 2009
The Right Priorities; Paying to Clear A Name - Again; Gusmao v The ABC; Behind The News Is Ahead Of The Times
29 - Episode 29
Air Date: August 24, 2009
Welles Or-Well; Censorship or Common Sense?; Jetstar Stars on Seven; Con's Conflict
30 - Episode 30
Air Date: August 31, 2009
Dan's Hair Suit; Who is Winnie Nelson?; Rumour-Fuelled Ratings Chase; Aboard the Gastric Band-wagon; Front Page Exploitation; Kevin's 'impeachable' sources
31 - Episode 31
Air Date: September 7, 2009
Who Found Tim Holding?; Private Life or Public Scandal?; The Media in Mullumbimby
32 - Episode 32
Air Date: September 14, 2009
Massaging the Headlines; Left and Right of the ABC; Saying Sorry Twice Over; Juvenile Injustice; Geography Lessons Needed
33 - Episode 33
Air Date: September 21, 2009
Giving the PM a Bad Rep; Hot On The Trail; It Looks Like An Ad... But Is It?; Who's The Monkey?
34 - Episode 34
Air Date: September 28, 2009
Getting High on the Numbers; Boasting Bludger or Gullible Prey?; Deception Detection Deficiency; Florid Mathematics
35 - Episode 35
Air Date: October 5, 2009
Saucy Cover; Embedding in Afghanistan; Flashy Promo; Advanced Spin... Yeah Yeah!
36 - Episode 36
Air Date: October 12, 2009
Unwanted PET; Kim Jong the Second; What's In a Draft Code?; Heard the One about the Woman Driver?; Too-confronting Art
37 - Episode 37
Air Date: October 19, 2009
Breakfast Wind-Up; End Of The Free Ride
38 - Episode 38
Air Date: October 26, 2009
Welfare and Refugees; Regional Dis-Content
39 - Episode 39
Air Date: November 2, 2009
Supercilious, Moi?; Mistaken Identity All Round; Nine Delivers A Shock; The "Publishers' Poodle" Bites
40 - Episode 40
Air Date: November 9, 2009
Where's the Weather?; Building The Pay Wall; Mystery Punter A Hoaxer; Loveless Fake Attracts the Media; Daily Tele Pwned!