Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Editor's Note: This story originally included two clips that appeared to show the late-August floods in Nepal but were actually from separate historical flooding incidents. The footage was embedded in Ten News and Seven News bulletins, both of which were replayed in part by Media Watch. These clips have now been removed.
This episode of Media Watch examines how images of the tragedy in the Himalayas circulated the globe, except in China, where state-owned media tightly controlled what people saw.
Plus, the horrific case of Lindsay Clancy has gripped the internet, fuelled in part by an algorithm that rewards conspiratorial thinking.
And why the Productivity Commission’s assessment that the WA GST deal is a ‘costly mistake’ has poked the west-coast bear.
Media Watch is the ABC's long-running media accountability program, holding journalists, editors and media organisations, including the ABC, to account. Since 1989, Media Watch has exposed conflicts of interest, factual errors, plagiarism and manipulation across the Australian and international media landscape.
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00:00 Chinese censorship of floods
06:22 Lindsay Clancy case
10:44 WA’s GST carve-up
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Editor's Note: This story originally included two clips that appeared to show the late-August floods in Nepal but were actually from separate historical flooding incidents. The footage was embedded in Ten News and Seven News bulletins, both of which were replayed in part by Media Watch. These clips have now been removed.
This episode of Media Watch examines how images of the tragedy in the Himalayas circulated the globe, except in China, where state-owned media tightly controlled what people saw.
Plus, the horrific case of Lindsay Clancy has gripped the internet, fuelled in part by an algorithm that rewards conspiratorial thinking.
And why the Productivity Commission’s assessment that the WA GST deal is a ‘costly mistake’ has poked the west-coast bear.
Media Watch is the ABC's long-running media accountability program, holding journalists, editors and media organisations, including the ABC, to account. Since 1989, Media Watch has exposed conflicts of interest, factual errors, plagiarism and manipulation across the Australian and international media landscape.
Watch full episodes of Media Watch free and ad-free on ABC iview. Search "ABC iview" on your smart TV or streaming device, find the ABC iview app on your mobile, or click here: https://iview.abc.net.au/
00:00 Chinese censorship of floods
06:22 Lindsay Clancy case
10:44 WA’s GST carve-up
Subscribe: ab.co/3yqPOZ5
Full statements are here: https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch
Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.
#ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia
