Charlie Brooker's Newswipe

[5810Singer]

Charlie Brooker is close to being a genius IMO, he's definitely a very sharp man.

Here's the latest episode of Newswipe on BBC iPlayer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qbyth/Newswipe_Series_2_Episode_2/



You might need to watch that more than once, CB's style is quite understated, but he makes some killer observations about the media, and there's a very interesting piece from a journalist about anonymous sources.

 

[5810Singer]

Addendum:

The first feature about non-stories in the media relates directly to this thread:

http://forums.leagueofreason.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2962&hilit=wootton+bassett

 

[Gnug215]

Charlie Brooker is great!

I found his stuff on YT some time ago. Here's the first part of the first eps:



Great stuff.

 

[Prolescum]

That's the repeat of the series that aired at the beginning of the year, non?

CB is great, I agree. Catch him @ the Grauniad a couple of times a week.

Edit: You should also check out Doug Stanhope's stand-up, there's plenty available on youtube.

 

[australopithecus]

I highly recomend his books to anyone with eyes.

 

[MRaverz]

I highly recomend his books to anyone with eyes.

Why must you terrorise the blind like this?

 

[australopithecus]

I highly recomend his books to anyone with eyes.

Why must you terrorise the blind like this?

They have audiobooks, and they can listen to screen/news/games wipe on the TV. They wont be left behind.

 

[Prolescum]

Not newswipe, but is Charlie Brooker talking of news.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/22/charlie-brooker-newspapers-dangerous-drug

 

[Don-Sama]

Charlie Brooker is one of my heroes, I live in the netherlands and have got his book from britain, the hell of it all, really fun to read.

 

[Laurens]

I love this show he is pretty much spot on with everything.

 

[Prolescum]

Re: Charlie Brooker

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/17/charlie-brooker-coalition-government

If the Tories had won more seats, or slogged on as a minority government, at least we'd have a clear set of hate figures we could start despising immediately. Instead, we've got the Nazis forming an alliance with the Smurfs.

 

[Spaceboy]

I do like the Brooker, have been a fan since screenwipe. I don't like where he's being lead at the moment though, seems to be down a sort of trampish more obsceme Jimmy Carr but with weird hair. Could just be me being paranoid.

Still, face of the channel eh? XD