Firstly, if you dont already know it, i just quickly want to reccommend you Brasseye. It's all the gimmicky, trashy self-hyping news programs that expect to be taken seriously. embedding is disabled, so please click the pic below (open link in new tab so you dont loose this page, you fools!)
I guess it cuts to the core of the news' inappropriateness so well, that some find it shocking and offensive. But the media dont help themselves- after the brasseye special, 'peadogedden' ('the peadophile episode') the daily mail proclaimed it 'the sickest TV show ever', and printed it next to pictures of princesses Beatrice and Eugenie (who were 13 and 11) in their bikinis. The daily star committed virtually the same crime, only their issue included an article on (the then 15) charlotte church's breasts.
The video below, however, really genuinely is shocking. Even when you do watch this objectively, its not hard to see how easily and mindlessly some things are being faked- and then slapped in news and newspapers. enjoy- it's actually pretty interesting.
Mate, if you got shot in the head, you wouldn't be walking..
I dont think this can be limited to just the gaza strip though. think about the kind of stuff you see on the news. Are the things being reported really whats happening on the screen? or do they just roll out cheap stock footage from the general area, which they probably know is bogus, because lets face it- when you've got to report exciting events from all over the world every hour thats just a lot damn easier. The chances of having a cameraman wandering the streets in the middle of an outbreak in any given country at any given time probably aren't ideal from some channels' point of view.
That in itself isnt a crime though, it's just kinda lying slightly, i guess. the disturbing thing is that it proves how anyone can present this 'footage' and give it pretty much any story, to gather support or disgust for pretty much any group of people. with that in mind, who knows what the media can band together and show you on your tvs?
Of course, this is just for people who care. personally i avoid watching the news for this reason. It's gimmicky, probably partially bogus and, dare i say it, actually quite effective. I could easily go down the 'its a conspiracy!' route and turn into mr conspiracy guy over this, but i'd hate myself if i did.
So theres no real moral to this blog. Im just, y'know.. sayin.
Brass Eye is classic
ReplyDeleteI remember watching that pallywood report months (years?) ago.
Its still as hilarious now as it was then.