Charlie Brooker's commentary on Gadaffi's erratic atrocities — and the western leaders who've kissed up to him over the years — from last week's Ten O'Clock Live is some of the most nose-milk-spurting material ever aired. I wish that all of Ten O'Clock Live's clips were on YouTube, as it would be amazing blogfodder — the show is better than The Daily Show most weeks, IMO (I've asked, C4 say their lawyers won't let them because there are clips of the BBC, Sky, etc, which is some pretty weird fair dealing analysis).
Charlie Brooker on Gadaffi
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