Charlie Brooker's Newswipe has been a bit up and down so far, but Charlie excelled himself last night with his review of the G20 summit. You can see it on the iPlayer here. In particular, his review of the TV news coverage of the protests, which begins at 14 mins 36 secs, is fantastic, and provides a nice overview of the relationship between the protests, the media, and the possibility (and later actuality) of violence occuring at the protests.
An honourable mention also to Ben Goldacre's piece on the MMR non-story, which begins at 11:34.
In fact, just watch the whole thing, it's ace.
NB. Probably not work-safe, thanks to Mr. Goldacre's dirty mouth, and Ant and Dec's senseless killing of a dog.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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Agreed - just seen it on iplayer for the first time and thought it was excellent, just the sort of thing BBC4 should be doing.
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