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The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism (2009)

The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism (2009)

Documentary
Release Date: 2009, August 3
Directors: Adam Curtis
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BBC

Overview:

Short film about how mainstream media simplify complex events and present them as "scattered terrible things happening everywhere, Oh Dear", leaving the public feeling powerless to do anything about them. Screened in the third episode of the first series of Charlie Brooker's Newswipe.