Media Watch (TV program)

Media Watch (formerly Media Watch: The Last Word) is an Australian media analysis and political opinion television program currently presented by Paul Barry for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The program focuses on critiquing the Australian media together with its interconnections, including with politics.

Media Watch
GenreMedia analysis
Directed byDavid Rector
Presented byPaul Barry
Theme music composerRoi Huberman
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons26
Production
Executive producerTim Latham
Running time15 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC
Release8 May 1989 (1989-05-08) 
present

In 1999, Media Watch played a key role in revealing the unethical behaviour of radio talkback hosts, which became known as the "cash for comment affair" and was the subject of an investigation by what was then the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA).

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