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Charlie Brooker's Newswipe 25/03/09

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What it is

A clip from Charlie Brooker's Newswipe in which a forensic psychiatrist argues that intense news coverage of school shooters encourages copycat attacks, alongside Brooker's satire of formulaic news reporting.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it in discussions about how media should report mass shootings, as an expert-backed argument for not glorifying perpetrators.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Basically at the end the forensic psychiatrist says that giving this intense superficial coverage about the gunman only encourages more copycat killers.”

    Psychiatrist says intense coverage of gunmen encourages copycat killers.

    swang, 2012-07 · Recommendation · in “Accused Movie Killer James Holmes 'Refused to Program in an Object-Oriented Way'”

  2. “These clips from Charlie Brooker (British TV presenter) give a good sense of the formulaic way news is reported”

    Clips show the formulaic way news is reported.

    chestnut-tree, 2013-12 · Recommendation · in “News is bad for you”

  3. “Charlie Brooker is fantastic”

    Brooker on how mass shootings are reported.

    chx, 2023-06 · Recommendation · in “Charlie Brooker Got ChatGPT to Write a Black Mirror Episode”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: charlie brooker, newswipe, copycat effect, news media, mass shootings

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