Two current BBC Documentaries, the first is a masterclass in neoliberalism, the second has not (quite), yet been released (think I might blog on this subject, if the neolibs would stop posturing for a little while themselves we might just achieve something #FakeNews #BBCWorldService). anyhoo: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bc3rjy & https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/louis-therouxs-forbidden-america-release-date-trailer-and-how-to-watch-new-documentary-series-3560781
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The plot to break reality? Hard to know where to start with that phrase!
Louis Theroux has always had a yen for finding a few bizarre Americans and extrapolating from there, so I guess he’s a great choice to bolster the Online Harms agenda, viz
…first episode, Extreme and Online, will look at right-wing internet personalities, and how people use the internet and social media to push particular extremist views
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…and hopefully how people used their mouths to say things then clay tablets then papyrus then printing presses then telegraphs (self-obsessed neolibs!), … #socialmedia
Touche. Its covered rather well in non-technical language in A Mouthful Of Air by Anthony Burgess, of all people.
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