{"id":7295,"date":"2022-10-11T23:01:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T06:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=7295"},"modified":"2022-10-12T08:06:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T15:06:56","slug":"documentaries-and-how-far-weve-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=7295","title":{"rendered":"Documentaries and how far we&#8217;ve fallen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wrote about the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=3446\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=3446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Save the Cat<\/a> as a way to use form and style to communicate any message you want via film\/tv. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6me-RzbQFQ-kRyr6BlGZWg\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6me-RzbQFQ-kRyr6BlGZWg\" target=\"_blank\">Paul E.T.<\/a> has noticed many kinds of emotional and intellectual manipulation in just about all modern documentaries you&#8217;ll find in this comedy skit. He shows how just about anyone can make a documentary about anything &#8211; and how easy it is to manipulate you into believing as the host does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9BUrNe3Vhtk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to see how far we&#8217;ve fallen away from objective reporting, compare your average modern news reporting to something from even 20-30 years ago below. Sure, that era had it&#8217;s own problems, but note a few things: <br>There were no talking heads editorializing and telling you what you should think, they use professional and educated language that isn&#8217;t charged with bias\/emotional appeal, doesn&#8217;t inject race, sex, or other <em>assumed <\/em>political bias into the report, features much more footage of direct interviews with people involved and not summarizing it with their own opinions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewHnL75x_aU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PLT1mkqzZkqhtFqlHar6Ze3kPE2_r3oPMW\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote about the use of Save the Cat as a way to use form and style to communicate any message you want via film\/tv. It appears Paul E.T. has noticed many kinds of emotional and intellectual manipulation in just about all modern documentaries you&#8217;ll find in this comedy skit. He shows how just about anyone can make a documentary about anything &#8211; and how easy it is to manipulate you into believing as the host does. 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