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Newswipe with Charlie Brooker - Public Opinion
TV Critic Charlie Brooker reveals how the relationship between news and its audience has shifted in recent times. The death of Princess Diana marked a turning point between news programmes featuring calm, objective-sounding members of the public, and the emotional, over-demonstrative vox-pops that are prevalent today. Is it necessary to ask the public for its opinions about absolutely everything in the news, including the weather? And what are the pros and cons of user-generated content? When is it breathtaking and when is it boring?
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