That 30 Day TV meme, Day 08.
Jun. 18th, 2010 05:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eleanorjaneDay 08 - A show everyone should watch.
Aha, now, see, my first response for this was "the news" because I do genuinely think everyone could stand to be more informed about the world around them -- but given the state of modern news reporting, and the blatant political biases of many major agencies, I don't feel I can say that without flinching.
So, instead, I'm going to say Media Watch, although this is specific for my Aussie readers. Media Watch , which has been running since 1989, is a short weekly program on the ABC (Australia's publicly-funded national broadcaster). It's basically a media watchdog, highlighting media biases and breaches of journalistic standards, in TV show format. Unsurprisingly, most of the major media outlets hate it. It's had a significant impact on Australian news media, and brought a few scandals to light, and it serves an extremely valuable purposes in (as an Australian politician used to say) 'keeping the bastards honest'.
It can also be extremely entertaining, as well as educational; I'm not as much of a fan of the current presenter, but Stuart Littlemore, the host for the first nine years, was one of the most biting, cynical, witty, entertaining presenters on television.
It's just a shame that other countries don't seem to have an equivalent.
Aha, now, see, my first response for this was "the news" because I do genuinely think everyone could stand to be more informed about the world around them -- but given the state of modern news reporting, and the blatant political biases of many major agencies, I don't feel I can say that without flinching.
So, instead, I'm going to say Media Watch, although this is specific for my Aussie readers. Media Watch , which has been running since 1989, is a short weekly program on the ABC (Australia's publicly-funded national broadcaster). It's basically a media watchdog, highlighting media biases and breaches of journalistic standards, in TV show format. Unsurprisingly, most of the major media outlets hate it. It's had a significant impact on Australian news media, and brought a few scandals to light, and it serves an extremely valuable purposes in (as an Australian politician used to say) 'keeping the bastards honest'.
It can also be extremely entertaining, as well as educational; I'm not as much of a fan of the current presenter, but Stuart Littlemore, the host for the first nine years, was one of the most biting, cynical, witty, entertaining presenters on television.
It's just a shame that other countries don't seem to have an equivalent.