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    8 Times 'A Current Affair' Changed The Way We Look At The World

    The nightly Australian news program is renowned for its journalistic vigor. Here are the best examples.

    1. "HAM SCAM"

    ACA calls upon this resident "Ham Expert" who wears a cowboy hat

    And the reporter even takes us to her ham table.

    2. "WHACKED OUT AT MACCAS"

    Which opens with this wonderful use of journalistic wit:

    3. "PENSIONERS AT WAR"

    This story is responsible for this delightful exchange:

    And this:

    4. "REVERSE RACISM"

    Really, though, the hard-hitting reporters at ACA discover that he was ACTUALLY fired because he REFUSED TO BLOW HIS NOSE

    Also he may have said some racist things but whatever...

    5. "DOG STREET SIEGE"

    But the story seems to focus more on an elderly mans impersonation of the dogs:

    Someone even made a remix!

    View this video on YouTube

    Unfortunately the actual story has been deleted :(

    6. "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT" or "WAR ON VEGEMITE"

    And the Australian public is...easily swayed?

    BUT LOOK HOW VEGEMITE IS MADE!!!

    7. "NEKNOMINATION NITWITS"

    The reporters at ACA show a huge amount of clips:

    And use their SUPER COOL graphics and editing skills to create this little excerpt: