@Tryptameanie 567243 wrote:
It’s quite possible you won’t fuck whoever replies over and show whatever you want, but your predecessors have screwed you in that respect.
when this producer said a “pro drug documentary” that immediately made me worried (more worried than suspicious; as I know that the bulk of documentary producers do not set out to harm their sources or make them look bad).
taking controllled drugs is illegal, it is not allowed to make a documentary in the UK (or any other EU country including the supposedly more liberal ones) glorifying illegal practices. Any citizen who detects bias in a broadcast documentary can file a formal complaint, as can law enforcement authorities (particularly if the broadcaster is public funded!)
it is permitted to make a documentary about a controversial subject (even if some of the activities shown are in legal grey areas) showing balanced views for and against; for individuals and groups appearing in one to lobby for changes to existing legislation; and acceptable for “youth channels” to produce “edgy/controversial” content. But that has been going on since I was a teenager and that is now a quarter century ago.
Whether these “controversial” programmes now do any good in the long run is another matter.
If done wrongly they can even put off those who would otherwise be less judgmental and more supportive to changes in legislation; also ignoring the “middle aged” audience is silly as they took more drugs than todays youth; worse still they can make the concept of public service broadcasting look bad.
