No it’s not sex it’s Newswipe!

It’s a bit political but it’s something I wanted to share, it is just for fun but with a pleasureable meaning behind it. Anyway what am I babbling about? Well that would be Newswipe. Newswipe is a British news review programme broadcast on BBC Four written and presented by Charlie Brooker. The Wikipedia explanation of this would be so …

The aim of Newswipe is to expose the inner workings of news media, just as Screenwipe does to television in general.

The series is a comic, thoughtful and acerbic analysis of recent news coverage. Newswipe also looks at the way the news is presented to the public. Experts are on hand to pick apart certain stories and analyse the news media’s obsessions.

Charlie Brooker comments: “This is new territory for me: I’m no current affairs expert. Just like, I suspect, many people, when I tune into the news I often feel like I’ve wandered into episode 389 of the world’s most complex soap opera. So it’s also about me trying to make sense of a bewildering and often bloody stupid world.”

Like Screenwipe, much of the programme is filmed in Brooker’s living room, with shots of him sitting in front of his TV (and laptop) with remote in hand talking to camera, occasionally bellowing insults or sarcastic comments at whatever happens to be shown at the time, interspersed with shots of shows.

So there you go, anyway it’s brilliant. I particularly have a growing hatred for the media and their cartoon publications and opinions so this for me is my Newsdesk.

Let me know what you think.

P.S I am in love with DougStanhope who drinks!

Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe