Newswipe With Charlie Brooker: The Credit Crunch
Following on from the huge success of Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe, Brooker will now take an impertinent look at how the news is covered by the media.
In the first of a six part weekly digest Brooker looks at the potty levels the news’ obsession with the Credit Crunch has reached.
There’s an authored piece by Nick Davis (writer of Flat Earth News), about the influence the PR Industry has over the news, a poem by Tim Key and a bucket load more.
The aim of Newswipe with Charlie Brooker is to expose the inner workings of news media, just as Screenwipe does to TV in general. Written and presented by Charlie Brooker, Newswipe will take a look at the brilliant or preposterous way the news is presented to us.
Brand new series launching on BBC Four 25th March at 10:35
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In response to: Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe. Episode 1
Congratulations Charlie. I watched your programme with interest. Your caustic sarcasm even raised a smile or two. Moneygeddon and the Epic Fail T-shirts would be wry genius were it not for the profound human misery implicit in the situation. Besides, in case you are not aware of the Britain we live in, anyone brave enough to display your merchandise would certainly be arrested under Terrorist legislation. Satirical, pseudo post ironic or whatever would not save you from Belmarsh.
Been there, done that. Got the T-shirt, but can’t wear it without risking seven “warning shots” in the head.
However, may I suggest that in future you confine your attentions to topics which you are prepared to address honestly?
I am referring most specifically to your programmes frankly pathetic attempt to mislead its audience with half truths about the monetary system, especially Quantitative Easing.
I can only presume that there is a moratorium preventing you from explaining Q E in any remotely cogent way? Or just possibly you haven’t the faintest idea yourself?
Either way, by censoring the explanation and deliberately perpetuating the general ignorance with your “money spanner” nonsense you are committing a deliberate lie of omission. To the multitude of viewers who have taken the time to educate ourselves with the reality of the monetary system, including quantitative easing, it is offensive to be patronised and deceived however humorously. To those of us who are informed, your partial explanations are shameful! Never mind your professional integrity. I shame you for your lack of human integrity. Since you insist on insulting your viewer’s intelligence might I suggest that you expand your bullshit of the week segment to encompass the entire program. Alternatively perhaps, you should redeem yourself by broadcasting a number of home truths:
1. The bank of England is a private institution! It is not in any way a facet of the UK government, it is not the UK treasury nor under the control of the UK exchequer, in fact it is run by a court of directors composed from private business executives such as Robert Charles Michael Wiggley Esq of Merril lynch international, Miss Suzanne Rice – Chief Executive of Lloyds Scotland PLC, Arun Sarin Esq – Cheif Executive of Vodafone PLC, and not forgetting the honourable Peter Jay – formally of the BBC (perhaps that link explains your deceit?) That said, this private bank has total and absolute control of the UK currency, sole rights to print and issue sterling bank notes into the UK economy rests in the hands of a total of 19 appointees drawn from the ranks of commerce. It is profoundly important to highlight that the bank of England does not issue our money to us for free it loans us every penny at interest. All sterling notes are debt as soon as they are printed, this is the national debt.
2. All UK sterling is Fiat currency. It is not worth the paper it is printed on. The UK is bankrupt because we have no actual gold or silver (sterling) to back our paper notes. To qualify this situation: historically, banknotes were a convenient means of exchanging value, they were paper receipts for actual value supposedly but in reality this has not been the case since we abandoned the gold standard in 1914. It was reinstated in modified form in 1925 and then collapsed again and we left it in 1931. In 1944 it was replaced with the Bretton Woods agreement, but again this agreement crumbled in the early 1970s. As a consequence using sterling is analogous to passing bad cheques.
3. Quantitative Easing is simply explained as the Bank of England printing astronomical amounts of worthless IOU’s (currency notes) and then loaning them to Britain at interest. This is not an unsecured loan, we the people of Britain are surety to this fraud. Through our government we will be forced, as will our children and our children’s children to labour all our lives simply to repay the capital debt loan, but since all the sterling that exists can only/obviously amount to exactly the capital loan there can be nothing left to address interest accrued. It follows therefore that the only way to address the interest is to borrow more notes from the bank of England at interest. There can be no logical outcome other than perpetual debt slavery, if that is, the people continue to consent rather than simply refusing to honour this deceitful exploitation. If you are in any doubt, the percentage of our GDP taken to service the national debt by 2012 is conservatively estimated at 65% (i.e. base rate income tax 65% and rising exponentially).
So you see Charlie – we are neither ignorant nor confused, we are rightly outraged and angry. To regain your status as an honest man you should acknowledge your obligation to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Enlightened and Sincerely
Simon Wood
Freeman of England.