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January 30th, 2010 · 15 Comments · MSM

Charlie Brooker is must see television at the moment with Newswipe on BBC 4. This segment makes for some uncomfortable viewing for many TV newsrooms in the US, UK and Ireland.

(Things I want RTE to stop doing?

  • Putting pol corrs outside Government Buildings when there is nobody there;
  • Putting two different correspondents outside different bits of government buildings to do live talkies to Anne Doyle;
  • Ciaran Mullooly on a helicopter ‘bringing’ hay to a stranded farmer;
  • The Week in Politics and the features with the music and the screen fades…

feel free to add your suggestions.)

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