From The Age:
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The result was commercial prime-time current affairs television at its worst: a potent mix of voyeurism and exploitation that was light on news value but committed to presenting the most negative stereotypes of young people possible.
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Like an abusive parent, Today Tonight placed the young people in a situation where they were doomed to failure and then punished them for failing.
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The hypocritical reporting style adopted by these shows often exploits young people's commercial value while almost simultaneously condemning its consequences. In early March, Today Tonight covered Nikki Webster's photo shoot for men's magazine FHM. The week before, it crusaded against the sexualisation and commercial exploitation of girls in music videos and fashion.
Good reading. See the full article Demonising youth of today tonight for the rest.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Demonising youth of today tonight
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Dear Scott
Thank you for leaving a message on "Father Mckenzie", my weblog.
However, for you to quote from "Father Mckenzie" in your website as you do without correctly attributing the source of my quote may be misinterpreted as misleading.
The source of these quotes about Today Tonight was from Melbourne's The Age newspaper.
I have pasted in the full article and URL for you at the end of this letter.
Please be so kind as to more accurately attribute your sources - as much as I share the sentiment of The Age's correspondent, I am reluctant to accept such comments as my own
Your sincerely
Stephen
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