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One thing that they share in common (Adam Curtis and James Burke), as well as Myth Busters, is that they have plenty of good footage/film (or whatever you call it).

Most news stories have 30 seconds of footage, and loop it repeatedly. No historical footage, no old interviews being brought up, nothing filmed to help put a story into context.

Even many documentaries I watch, suffer the same problem, a bit of real footage, then jumping straight to interviews with people. Not much historical footage, nothing extra filmed, expect interviews with people.