Charlie Brooker's 'How TV Ruined Your Life': Fear

[Newsjock]

Run time: 13:46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXzMDlVcF54   Posted on YouTube: January 25, 2011 By YouTube Member: lemonandjack Views on YouTube: 29   Posted on DU: January 26, 2011 By DU Member: Newsjock Views on DU: 662

 
This six-part series premiered tonight on BBC Two. This is part 2 of tonight's episode; part 1 was mainly about public-information films and not very relevant to DU. In this part, Charlie looks at how Fox News uses fear to manipulate its audience, and other topics. Charlie Brooker is the creator of the viral video How to Report the News.

"The more you watch, the more passive, frightened, and nervous you become," he says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y4csg
From hysterical public information films to grisly crime dramas, terror spills out of almost every channel.

http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/how-tv-ruined-your-life-preview-clip

[DeSwiss]

1. K&R

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. The Brits do both crime drama and satire so well...

:7

[Lorien]

3. I'm so glad that I no longer watch TV

cutting the cable was one of the best things I ever did. But seeing the "groupthink" thst exists now is truly frightening. We all have so many entertainment options; why would anyone choose TV in the 21st Century?

[go west young man]

4. Gave up cable a couple of years ago and feel great.

The internet is so much better. Gotta love the British humor. Funny stuff.