Tag Archive: Adam Curtis

Apr
12

Good News Channel

The other week I watched Charlie Brooker’s excellent “Newswipe” (BBC4, Wednesdays) about news anchors. It featured a short film by Adam Curtis (who directed the brilliant “The Power of Nightmares”) about the rise of  “oh-dearism”, a tool for news, which drives audiences to apathy and helplessness. This got me thinking – every day we are …

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