Charlie Brooker on conspiracy theories

Professor Yaffle · 14th July 2008, 05:35 AM

I don't usually venture into this section (and not sure whether this should go here or in the 9/11 section), but I am a big fan of Charlie Brooker and thought some people here might enjoy this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...eptember11.usa

Furi · 14th July 2008, 06:53 AM

Charlie is fun as usual, but the comments as always ARRRGH! Grauniad troothers! not that I should expect anyhting less, out of the 3 troothers I know well, 2 buy the paper the other refuses all mainstream media (he doesn't wear a tinfoil hat, but he might have lined his loft).

GreNME · 14th July 2008, 07:41 AM

Charlie Brooker is freaking hillarious. He reminds me of my best friend, except that he (Brooker) uses fewer curse words.

Big Les · 14th July 2008, 01:25 PM

Superb article, thoroughly depressing comments. That prove precisely his point.

It's a belief system, a faith. But then, we knew that.

Profanz · 22nd July 2008, 06:25 PM

The response was much more significant...

Quote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...17/september11

His theme was conspiracy theory in general and the 9/11 conspiracy theories in particular – and it collected more than 1,700 comments.

And it always will be. I guess that’s why there aren’t anymore polls on it from the MSM. They keep increasingly leaning the wrong way for some people.

Jontg · 22nd July 2008, 08:30 PM

And I love how they quote J. Edgar Hoover to try and make themselves sound legit. One of the great paranoiacs of the era, becoming the poster boy for a movement he'd have crushed years ago--the old queen's probably rolling in his grave.

Bee · 23rd July 2008, 06:20 AM

I read the same article when it first came out, Brooker is one of the few people in the media who talk any sense. His TV show Screenwipe is one of the few programs I actually watch these days, hope a new series starts soon.

14th July 2008, 05:35 AM	#1
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Furi Felix Sapiens Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Living life in the bus lane Posts: 2,006	Charlie is fun as usual, but the comments as always ARRRGH! Grauniad troothers! not that I should expect anyhting less, out of the 3 troothers I know well, 2 buy the paper the other refuses all mainstream media (he doesn't wear a tinfoil hat, but he might have lined his loft).
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GreNME Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Folsom Prison Posts: 8,283	Charlie Brooker is freaking hillarious. He reminds me of my best friend, except that he (Brooker) uses fewer curse words.
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14th July 2008, 01:25 PM	#4
Big Les Not so much a medium as a large Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 5,004	Superb article, thoroughly depressing comments. That prove precisely his point. It's a belief system, a faith. But then, we knew that.
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Profanz Muse Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 932	The response was much more significant... Quote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...17/september11 His theme was conspiracy theory in general and the 9/11 conspiracy theories in particular – and it collected more than 1,700 comments. And it always will be. I guess that’s why there aren’t anymore polls on it from the MSM. They keep increasingly leaning the wrong way for some people.
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Jontg The Bear Skeptic Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: A world of kindling. Posts: 926	And I love how they quote J. Edgar Hoover to try and make themselves sound legit. One of the great paranoiacs of the era, becoming the poster boy for a movement he'd have crushed years ago--the old queen's probably rolling in his grave.
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23rd July 2008, 06:20 AM	#7
Bee Scholar Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 109	I read the same article when it first came out, Brooker is one of the few people in the media who talk any sense. His TV show Screenwipe is one of the few programs I actually watch these days, hope a new series starts soon.
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