Two thoughtful analyses of modern media, culled from yesterday’s Guardian. First,
Ben Goldacre knows who to blame for the pervasive crapness in modern journalism:
Through our purchasing behaviour, we have communicated to newspapers that we want them to be large and cheap more than we want them to be adequately researched.
And
Charlie Brooker uncovers the uncomfortable truth about BBC World’s news channel:
It’s a channel whose viewer demographic consists exclusively of men sitting on the edge of a hotel bed impatiently waiting for their girlfriend to finish in the shower so they can go and have a shit.
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