Charlie Brooker's Newswipe 25/03/09

Why HN readers recommended it

HN cites it in discussions about how media should report mass shootings, as an expert-backed argument for not glorifying perpetrators.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

No Unicorns

Topic

media coverage of mass shootings

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

14

Recommendation years in dataset

2012–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• I want to share this video from Charlie Booker. [VIDEO] Basically at the end the forensic psychiatrist says that giving this intense superficial coverage about the gunman only encourages more copycat killers. I don't know what compelled me to click the link even after watching …

• I'm from the UK and I'd go so far as to say the majority of the British press are toxic. They have an incredibly inflated view of themselves and they couldn't care less about what's in the public interest (just look at how they've responded …

• Charlie Brooker is fantastic: On how news is reported [LINK] On how mass shooting is reported and about the saturation [VIDEO]