United Kingdom
Aug. 03, 2009
7 min

Shorts: The Rise of Oh Dear-ism

Name: Shorts: The Rise of Oh Dear-ism
Director: Downstream
Released: 2025-11-11T18:15:57+03:00
Rating: 9

Shorts: Oh Dearism

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Documentary

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.

short documentary manipulation media politics social control