Leo Cookman @leocookman.com · Feb 4 In 2001, Channel 4 in the UK broadcast a special episode of Chris Morris' satirical current affairs show 'Brass Eye'. Subtitled 'Paedogeddon' it was an excoriating parody of the hysterical fear mongering the British media were indulging in at the time. Throughout the 90s Murdoch's outlets and (1/)
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Others took great interest in whipping up hysteria over predatory paedophiles. In 2000 The News of The World published a "Name and Shame" campaign where they published the names and location of people on the sex offenders register. In 2001 Dispatches made a documentary simply called 'Paedophiles'.