'How to Report the News' becomes YouTube's top rated video of all time

Source: Metro UK

Charlie Brooker - the British writer, satirist and grumpy television reviewer whose regular skewering TV's more inane moments has made him a cult figure in the UK - has now gone global, after a two-minute clip from his show Newswipe became the top rated clip of all time on YouTube less than a week after it was posted.

The clip, titled How To Report The News - a parody of news reporting clichés from last week's episode of BBC4 show Newswipe - has gained almost 750,000 views since it was posted on January 27, and surged to the number one position on YouTube's Top Rated of all time list, with over 7,400 giving it a rating.

... Brooker's previous claim to international fame was when a joke about George Bush in his Guardian TV column Screen Burn was misinterpreted by US right-wingers as a genuine call for the president to be assassinated, leading to a flood of hate mail and the Guardian pulling the column from their site.

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/811275-charlie-brookers-newswipe-becomes-youtubes-top-rated-video

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DU video thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=429358&mesg_id=429358
Direct link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4

He really did nail it.

:rofl: @ the video