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Linton Besser, award-winning investigative journalist, named new Media Watch host

Former ABC foreign correspondent and SMH journalist says he will put a ‘blowtorch’ to the industry

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Media Watch: SNP minister fires warning to party amid press focus on infighting

Good evening and welcome to Media Watch. The story at the centre of Scottish politics over the past week has undoubtedly been the continuing row over the decision of several SNP MPs to put themselves forward as potential candidates for the Holyrood election.

The National (Scotland)

Andrew Bolt gloats as News Corp columnists delight in Donald Trump’s victory

‘Good riddance to woke,’ Peta Credlin says, while Tim Blair urges country to ‘Drill, Australia. Drill’

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Media Watch: GB News' £100k fine and Isabel Oakeshott's 'disgraceful' rant

Good evening and welcome to this week's Media Watch where a months-long drama involving GB News has finally come to a conclusion ... for now anyway.

The National (Scotland)

Media Watch: Ofcom angers devolved nations and uproar over BBC cuts

THE eagle-eye of Media Watch has fallen squarely upon on Ofcom over the past week after it confirmed plans to allow Channel 4 to spend a…

The National (Scotland)

Media Watch: Laura Kuenssberg's Boris blunder sparks questions

There is really only one place to start this week and that’s with events that surrounded BBC presenter Laura Kuenssberg a last week ...

The National (Scotland)

Tony Armstrong Says Farewell To ABC News Breakfast In Bittersweet Farewell: ‘Mixed Feelings’

“It’s been a funny old week. But yeah, people have been really, really nice to me.”

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ABC news director calls out racist attacks on Tony Armstrong and criticises ‘inflammatory’ mainstream media

Abuse directed at Armstrong came after Media Watch segment critical of the Indigenous presenter

The Guardian - AU

Tony Armstrong Was Spammed With Racist Abuse After His Own Employer (The ABC) Ran A Hit Piece

The 'Media Watch' episode on Tony Armstrong ran the same week a damning review into racism at the ABC prompted the managing director to apologise.

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Media Watch: Andrew Marr's Gaelic week and tackling disinformation

Welcome to this week's Media Watch. Remember you can sign up to receive the newsletter straight into your inbox for free by clicking the banner…

The National (Scotland)

Media Watch: Labour bar journalist and Boris gets BBC sitdown

Labour conference media access

The National (Scotland)

‘People will swim through shit for a dollar’: A list of AFL stars and journos on the gambling payroll

You can’t escape sports gambling advertising, especially in football. How deep does it go? Crikey lists as many AFL media personalities as we could find who are publicly involved in the betting industry.

Crikey

Media Watch: Nigel Farage slated for 'racist' LBC interview on Kamala Harris

Just a week after an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the US presidential election has hotted up again after President Joe Biden pulled out…

The National (Scotland)

Tory Maguire defends Nine CEO’s trip to Greece as reporters seethe over job cuts

Nine staff ask managing director of publishing if Mike Sneesby failed to ‘face the music’ after announcing job cuts. Plus: Andrew Probyn unloads on ABC

The Guardian - AU

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Everything the new Media Watch host shouldn’t be, according to ABC reporters

Paul Barry’s retirement announcement has sparked rampant debate as to who his successor might be. We asked ABC reporters who they want in the job.

The Guardian - AU

News Corp’s quiet apology after outrage over use of Indigenous children’s images

Apology from Sky News was published at 7pm on Friday – a time when very few would see it, complainants say. Plus: speculation over Paul Barry’s replacement

The Guardian - AU

Media Watch host Paul Barry to leave ABC show after 11 years

Public broadcaster confirms media commentary show’s longest-serving presenter will leave in December

The Guardian - AU

ACM will take no action against lawyer who hosted websites that used AI to alter legitimate news stories

Regional publisher Australian Community Media’s in-house counsel James Raptis says sites were ‘operated by another person without any involvement or oversight from me’

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The Guardian - AU

Kim Williams must marry ABC’s need for diversity with objective journalism, former Media Watch host says

Jonathan Holmes believes incoming ABC chair knows it is a ‘very live debate’ amid upheaval over impartiality at the broadcaster

The Guardian - AU

The curious case of Seven’s voice artwork, ABC licks wounds after defamation loss

The work created for SBS voice portal used during 7Plus referendum coverage. Plus: Courier Mail goes rosy over newsreader’s wedding proposal

Crikey

No, ABC Media Watch did not expose COVID-19 crisis actors

Facebook users pushing the ‘crisis actors’ conspiracy theory with Media Watch footage edited out parts of the program debunking the claims.

Crikey

Dutton has a dig at miner

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says some pro-Voice big companies are cowards ‘craving popularity’ by backing the Yes23 campaign, and gambling companies should pay for gamblers’ rehab and legal help.

Crikey

ABC stands by Media Watch segment on Julie Szego despite backlash over accuracy

Media Watch executive producer Tim Latham told Crikey the show stands by its story and the importance in airing ‘differing points of view’.

The Guardian - AU

ABC Ombudsman dismisses Nine newspaper complaint about Media Watch Red Alert segment

Host Paul Barry was deemed not to have breached editorial standards because the show was opinion, not news, after SMH and Age series on China

The Guardian - AU

We shall fight them on our pages: Nine newspapers invoke Churchill to defend their Red Alert series

Newspapers’ leadership angrily rejects criticism of China series with insiders saying their efforts were similar to ‘Churchill taking on the Nazis’. Plus: the end of the shock jock?

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