Newswipe with Charlie Brooker

[therockbox]

I didn't realise this was starting so soon, I read about it on Wikipedia a couple of weeks ago but haven't seen it advertised anywhere. By the looks of it it's basically Screenwipe but focused on the news.

[GA!]

Shit, I completely forgot about this. Cheers for the reminder, though my expectations are pretty low. Charlie Brooker gets too serious and preachy when it comes to the news.

[Crybaby Bunting]

Anyone catch this? I thought it was pretty good, maybe not Screenwipe amounts of lols but still great to learn about the deconstruction of news

[GA!]

It was fine. Quite funny in places, but the preachy nature of the last segment was grating.

[King Ellis]

I liked the merchandise for moneygeddon, though Gordon Brown and 'Epic Fail' doesn't sit particually well with me and my hate of internet memery.

[Cactus Drags]

That was quality. I don't think it came across as too preachy, there were some really good points made.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Episode 2 was excellent in parts. Basically it appears that his views on Diana's and Jade Goody's deaths seem to be the same as mine. Which made watching more fun

[Crybaby Bunting]

Watched 2 and 3 through the BBC iplayer and was amazed at the Oh Dearism documentary

It's kinda ironic considering all the recent news coverage about Hillsborough seems to be all about that very thing, something that we can't actually do anything about... but it's a good ol' Oh Dear story.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Yeah the Oh Dearism documentary was top top quality. Brilliant stuff.

The poems are a bit pointless but I guess he needs to fill out the time a bit and the story of news is much narrower than TV as a whole.

Newswipe just seems a bit bleaker to me than Screen.....Like news in general I guess.

[Crybaby Bunting]

*does the Shouty McHeadwound dance*

[Cactus Drags]

Does anyone else get the feeling that Newswipe should just be a feature on Screenwipe? I mean it's really interesting, and there is some quality humour there, but it doesn't seem like it really needs half an hour. I reckon they should bump Screenwipe up to a forty-five minute edition, and have Newswipe be a 10-15 minute feature.

[-A-]

Sounds like a good idea. There were definitely some flat episodes in the last series of Screenwipe. This series seems like it has much more longevity because he can still talk about whatever's topical once he's got over his general complaints. I'm guessing that once he runs out of things like 'Oh Dearism' there won't be quite as much content, so between this and Screenwipe topics it'll make a good show.

EDIT: Really enjoyed this week's episode, particularly the bit with The Sting tugging himself off to the coverage of Obama's Beast

Edited April 17, 2009 by -A-

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Dragsy's got a fair point. Once you chop out the poem, a few pointless bits and links, you've got a couple of tasty features in each episode of Newswipe that would fit VERY nicely in an extended Screenwipe.

[King Ellis]

Don't forget, guys, Series 2 starts tonight! 10.30pm.