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JerzeeGirl · 07-10-2012, 08:46 AM

I don't think the point is for them to change anything - it's to show the contrast between what a real news show should be & with it being set in the recent past it allows you to contrast it against what we all would remember having seen when these events were covered by the actual news organizations.

Creating a fictional future where this radical change back towards journalism that doesn't pander to the lowest common denominator causes wide-sweeping change would be much less realistic to me, personally. People being idiots isn't going to change no matter how well a 1hr newscast shows them that what they're being fed by the political/corporate machines is BS.

07-10-2012, 08:46 AM	#71
JerzeeGirl First Line Centre Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In the land of high expectations... Exp:	I don't think the point is for them to change anything - it's to show the contrast between what a real news show should be & with it being set in the recent past it allows you to contrast it against what we all would remember having seen when these events were covered by the actual news organizations. Creating a fictional future where this radical change back towards journalism that doesn't pander to the lowest common denominator causes wide-sweeping change would be much less realistic to me, personally. People being idiots isn't going to change no matter how well a 1hr newscast shows them that what they're being fed by the political/corporate machines is BS.