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Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe - Reality TV Editing
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A clip from Charlie Brooker's BBC show Screenwipe showing how reality TV uses editing to manufacture emotion and narrative. It demonstrates how the same footage can be cut to give very different impressions.
HN people cite it as a vivid demonstration of how editing shapes perception in documentaries and reality television.
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