Truth in the News
I have always been fascinated by the old news reels like MovieTone news and the way they describe big events. For a modern student of semiotics, they must provide a field day. It’s not just the clipped upper class British accents, the staccato delivery denoting urgency, the obvious propaganda, or the way they crudely attempted to capture a folksy group psychology (oh look, the crowds wave with furious excitement and glee as soon as our victorious hero Mr Churchill disembarks from the naval warship).
