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A arriano Tiki Socialite San Diego Joined: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 1620	A arriano Posted posted on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 1:15 PM On 2010-06-28 12:10, bigbrotiki wrote: In today's world of reality TV and fake "Survivor"-type series the journalistic ethics of what comprises a documentary have devolved from solid education based on facts to "edu-tainment" and finally to pure entertainment, all because that -supposedly- is what the masses want to see. The media is rapidly becoming the mind-numbing machine that was so aptly parodied in the film "Idiocracy", and "documentaries" are no exception. While watching "Idiocracy" I kept thinking, "This would be a lot funnier if it weren't so true.

On 2010-06-28 12:10, bigbrotiki wrote:
In today's world of reality TV and fake "Survivor"-type series the journalistic ethics of what comprises a documentary have devolved from solid education based on facts to "edu-tainment" and finally to pure entertainment, all because that -supposedly- is what the masses want to see. The media is rapidly becoming the mind-numbing machine that was so aptly parodied in the film "Idiocracy", and "documentaries" are no exception.

While watching "Idiocracy" I kept thinking, "This would be a lot funnier if it weren't so true.

Post #539493 by arriano on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 1:15 PM