Editing Media Watch (TV program) (section)

==History==
The show, initially called ''Media Watch: The Last Word'',<ref>{{Citation | author1=Littlemore, Stuart | author2=Russell, Geoff | author3=Video Education Australasia | author4=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |format=library catalogue entry| title=Media watch : the last word | publication-date=1992 | publisher=Video Education Australasia | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35116584 | access-date=31 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Open chequebooks | website=Media Watch | date=15 November 2004 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/open-chequebooks---closed-stories/9976532 | access-date=31 March 2025}}</ref> first aired in 1989, with [[Stuart Littlemore]] as the inaugural host.<ref name=austlit>{{cite web | title=Media Watch|first= David |last= Salter | website=[[AustLit]] | date=10 November 2016 | url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/9598131 | access-date=31 March 2025}}</ref>

In 1992 the subtitle was dropped and the show became simply ''Media Watch''.<ref name=austlit/>