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Charlie Brooker parodies news reports

Post by Pedsdude » January 27th, 2010, 7:03 pm



Just saw it in S2E2 of Newswipe and thought it was spot on :)
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Post by Hoogie » January 27th, 2010, 7:19 pm

hahah great :D
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Post by Pedsdude » January 27th, 2010, 7:26 pm

KillerSam wrote:I imagine it's only so for UK viewers though.
Yep, it's almost exclusively based on BBC News reports.
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Post by matt101harris » January 27th, 2010, 7:55 pm

hahaha peds that was great. It is perfectly spot on tbh :D
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Post by Infinite » January 27th, 2010, 9:02 pm

That was excellent! He had everything exactly correct about how news reports are done in modern day society on major news channels :D.
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Post by Drofder2004 » January 28th, 2010, 8:26 pm

Watched it last night, Charlie Brooker is starting to produce some worthwhile watches.
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Re: Charlie Brooker parodies news reports

Post by Azabael » January 28th, 2010, 8:58 pm

Pedsdude wrote:
KillerSam wrote:I imagine it's only so for UK viewers though.
Yep, it's almost exclusively based on BBC News reports.
I would not have thought so. I very much recognize the concept when I think of the dutch reporting.
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Post by Hoogie » January 29th, 2010, 8:45 am

i agree.
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