Finder shows no icons in any folder/drive opened from the desktop?

I noticed this whilst I was running the beta, but figured it would have been fixed in time for the public release.
When I open a folder or drive from it's icon on the desktop I have noticed something odd happens. Either the folder/drive's contents are displayed with slightly blocky text and sometimes overlapping each other, or the folder/drive shows no contents at all.
I have to open Finder from the dock and then navigate to the folder/drive I wish to access to see the contents correctly.
Has anyone else had a similar experience or know of a fix or correction I can apply?
Cheers...

I actually just noticed the "media" option is no longer listed along the left side of Finder. I think that is where I accessed iphoto and my other picture folder.
There is no media option in the Finder. That only turns up in Open... Dialogues like this:

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