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Worsley, True Crime and Jack the Ripper

A few days ago I watched an interesting documentary in which Lucy Worsley investigated Jack the Ripper, but rather than look at the crimes, motivation, and identifying who the criminal was she took a “media and society” perspective focused on the genre of true crime journalism.

Within the documentary and podcast genre there are people that like to investigate and study crimes from the past, explore them in depth, and then discuss them at length.

Public Service Broadcasters in the Video On Demand Age

Years ago we could choose between watching SRF, TSR, France Télévision, RSI and other channels. We had just five channels to choose from but we had them available for free. Today those channels are still available but because we live in modern buildings with no external TV aerials we are stuck relying on Swisscom, Sunrise, Orange, and other telecom providers.

You might think “But with a TV box we get access to all these channels, and we do, but we’re made to pay for content that should be available for free. RTS is available for free in Switzerland, but France télévision and other channels are not. Most of the time I don’t mind. It’s during the Tour De France that I want access to France 3 and France 2 because these are the channels I like to watch the Tour De France on.