Media Watch

2GB fails to check the facts before launching into a red-tape tirade. #MediaWatch

2GB’s Ben Fordham rounded on a wee NSW Riverina shire council for standing over Junee’s world-famous Licorice & Chocolate Factory. #MediaWatch

To see Russell Brand brought undone and dispatched to the cells was a moment of triumph for the brave women who came forward and the investigative instincts of the old media. #MediaWatch

The vote deemed so consequential Australian media houses dialled up the satellites and poured people onto aircraft. #MediaWatch

News of Virgin's new menu item takes off, with Australian media outlets happy to serve up the airline's media release. #MediaWatch

Yes, fries in the skies, an aeronautical advance to capture the imagination of TV presenters galore. #MediaWatch

It’s hard not to question the wisdom of the ABC shuttering its only business television show when its charter requires it to broadcast programs that reflect the gamut of Australian society. #MediaWatch

A front-page splash in 'The Australian' highlights errors in the Bureau of Meteorology's climate records. But just how widespread are the issues? #MediaWatch

A bona fide climate scientist told us this was a bona fide climate beat-up. #MediaWatch

The Samoan prime minister undeterred even by the presence of Australia’s Foreign Minister when, during a joint press conference this past February, he targeted another journalist. #MediaWatch

So if the man who a civil court judge branded a war criminal won’t talk about his alleged war crimes, what was left to discuss? #MediaWatch

Australia’s biggest ‘everyday headaches’ have been revealed thanks to some made-for-media research by Panadol, with hosts falling over themselves to report on the survey. #MediaWatch

The genesis of that riveting, common-touch moment, courtesy of this press release from $60 billion pharmaceutical colossus, Haleon, the maker of Panadol, which plumped ‘new research’ into the common frustrations that bring the nation together. #MediaWatch

A fringe religious order accused of meddling in the last election subjected to a very special kind of hell — a parliamentary inquiry. #MediaWatch

News Corp’s regular ‘On This Day’ history column has a habit of getting creative with the facts. #MediaWatch

In fact, ‘On This Day’ might need a new title, like ‘On Another Day’. #MediaWatch

It’s not a great look, because some of those same funds over the same time period have also enjoyed the occasional outing in Bec Wilson’s syndicated column. #MediaWatch

Leavitt is hardly the first Trump figure to skip over to Fox News. #MediaWatch

Politicians are struggling to counter deepfakes driven less by political sabotage than by quick profits and viral reach. #MediaWatch

The account behind many of the political deepfakes we showed you tonight, ‘Australia Info live’, in fact, registered in Sri Lanka. #MediaWatch