Media Watch Season 22

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Season 22

Air date: 2009-02-09

Episodes: 40

Episodes

E1: Episode 1

Automation Not a Sensation Plastic Too Fantastic (Part two) Thou Shalt Not Plagiarise Tacky Tribute

Air date: 2009-02-09

E2: Episode 2

Reporting the Bushfires Seven's "Call for Calm" Opinion or Hate-Mongering?

Air date: 2009-02-16

E3: Episode 3

ABC Oversells Young Australian of the Year Smeared Beat Up Opportunity "Seized" Bowled Over

Air date: 2009-02-23

E4: Episode 4

Bonsai Muddle;Not So Happy Snap; Reporting the Bushfires (Part 2); How Not To Bring Up Baby; Cat Takes a Ride

Air date: 2009-03-02

E5: Episode 5

Taking The Wrong Road; Gratuitous Posting; Project Logies; A Dog of a Yarn; Partial Reporting

Air date: 2009-03-09

E6: Episode 6

Women's Glib; Hypocrisy Unlimited; Go Sea Eagles. Go Nine; Lock, Stock and Airfares

Air date: 2009-03-16

E7: Episode 7

Tabloid Trading

Air date: 2009-03-23

E8: Episode 8

Under The Weather; Santa’s Late Delivery; Freedom of Information; Chinese Whispers; Chairman Ron (again); What’s In a Name

Air date: 2009-03-30

E9: Episode 9

Yesterday’s News; Mugged By The Media; Gambling On The Stats; Who’s The Gawker?

Air date: 2009-04-06

E10: Episode 10

Flinders Ranges Move West; It’s Just Not Cricket; Slow Learners; Making Ads Fun; Automation Sensation Hits Sydney

Air date: 2009-04-13

E11: Episode 11

Badge of Honour; Yours Not So Sincerely; Shark Danger Non Alert; Project 8; Another Badge of Honour

Air date: 2009-04-20

E12: Episode 12

SBS News' Technical Woes; The Problem With “Illegals”; Popoff Pops Up Again; Val and Macca’s Chats

Air date: 2009-04-27

E13: Episode 13

Swine Flu Fever; Four Corners and the Phuong Ngo Case

Air date: 2009-05-04

E14: Episode 14

Eighties Pop Band Rules Fiji; Messing With Missiles; Karl’s Crystal Ball; Suspect Revelation; Bikie Exclusive or Bikie Porky?

Air date: 2009-05-11

E15: Episode 15

A Croc of Priorities; Calling From the Sidelines; Sour Dealings; Where's My Autocue?

Air date: 2009-05-18

E16: Episode 16

Dust Storm Heads West; Jazzi No; All Aboard The Gravox Train; PM's Trail Goes Cold; Alan's Missing Questions

Air date: 2009-05-25

E17: Episode 17

Barrie’s Sunday Morning Rap; Regional "Churnalism"; Aussie Travellers Beware; Private Account Goes Public; Want Longer Lasting... Interview? Call Kyle and Jackie O

Air date: 2009-06-01

E18: Episode 18

A Baby Worth Clicking On; Daily Mercury's Snazzy Headlines; Spider-Ad; How Do You Air A Bad Joke?

Air date: 2009-06-08

E19: Episode 19

Armed Dingo; There's No Other Store; Spruiking The Punt; Hinch's Hunch; Reshuffle Muddle

Air date: 2009-06-15

E20: Episode 20

Fed Up Flu; Inappropriate Match Up; A Nation of Pot Heads?; Underbelly Overkill; Hello Madonna... Are you there?; Fake Email Train

Air date: 2009-06-22

E21: Episode 21

Journalists and Their Sources; One Death Too Many

Air date: 2009-06-29

E22: Episode 22

A Super Problem; Tennis, Lies and Videotape; Reporting Michael Jackson's Death

Air date: 2009-07-06

E23: Episode 23

A Chequered Career; The Perils of Facebook; The ABC of Logos; Not So Happy Aussies; Dangers of Recycling

Air date: 2009-07-13

E24: Episode 24

The Daily Telegraph's Poh-llercoaster; Making Mincemeat of Media Patsies; The Sums of Swine Flu; A Squabble over Squatting

Air date: 2009-07-20

E25: Episode 25

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"

Air date: 2009-07-27

E26: Episode 26

Fun - Kyle and Jackie O Style; Old Laws Rewritten

Air date: 2009-08-03

E27: Episode 27

Joke or Impertinence?; Late Edition Arrives Early; Journalists and Their Sources (part 2); TEN's Real Estate Trifecta

Air date: 2009-08-10

E28: Episode 28

The Right Priorities; Paying to Clear A Name - Again; Gusmao v The ABC; Behind The News Is Ahead Of The Times

Air date: 2009-08-17

E29: Episode 29

Welles Or-Well; Censorship or Common Sense?; Jetstar Stars on Seven; Con's Conflict

Air date: 2009-08-24

E30: Episode 30

Dan's Hair Suit; Who is Winnie Nelson?; Rumour-Fuelled Ratings Chase; Aboard the Gastric Band-wagon; Front Page Exploitation; Kevin's 'impeachable' sources

Air date: 2009-08-31

E31: Episode 31

Who Found Tim Holding?; Private Life or Public Scandal?; The Media in Mullumbimby

Air date: 2009-09-07

E32: Episode 32

Massaging the Headlines; Left and Right of the ABC; Saying Sorry Twice Over; Juvenile Injustice; Geography Lessons Needed

Air date: 2009-09-14

E33: Episode 33

Giving the PM a Bad Rep; Hot On The Trail; It Looks Like An Ad... But Is It?; Who's The Monkey?

Air date: 2009-09-21

E34: Episode 34

Getting High on the Numbers; Boasting Bludger or Gullible Prey?; Deception Detection Deficiency; Florid Mathematics

Air date: 2009-09-28

E35: Episode 35

Saucy Cover; Embedding in Afghanistan; Flashy Promo; Advanced Spin... Yeah Yeah!

Air date: 2009-10-05

E36: Episode 36

Unwanted PET; Kim Jong the Second; What's In a Draft Code?; Heard the One about the Woman Driver?; Too-confronting Art

Air date: 2009-10-12

E37: Episode 37

Breakfast Wind-Up; End Of The Free Ride

Air date: 2009-10-19

E38: Episode 38

Welfare and Refugees; Regional Dis-Content

Air date: 2009-10-26

E39: Episode 39

Supercilious, Moi?; Mistaken Identity All Round; Nine Delivers A Shock; The "Publishers' Poodle" Bites

Air date: 2009-11-02

E40: Episode 40

Where's the Weather?; Building The Pay Wall; Mystery Punter A Hoaxer; Loveless Fake Attracts the Media; Daily Tele Pwned!

Air date: 2009-11-09