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The Making of News

POSTED BY Rahul Bhatia AT 4.54 PM, 3 February 2010

TAGGED UNDER | media | TV | news |

This delightful swipe at TV news making by Charlie Brooker garnered 600,000 hits on YouTube in three days. Enjoy!

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Ha ha, absolu-fuckin-lutely fab-fuckin-ulous, Rahul, keep the good stuff rolling on this blog... Those babbling twerps of television have no idea how idiotic they come across as, and they take themselves so seriously, it's a comedy show by itself

4 February 2010 | rajnish Tripathi

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