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Discovery Channel Promises To Stop Lying To Us
Friday, January 9, 2015 20:19
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The channel’s new chief, Rich Ross, was elected as president in late October, but only officially joined the company this month. Yesterday, at the Winter TV press tour, he promised to stop broadcasting fake stuff, or “mockumentaries”.
While producing fake documentaries might seem harmless and amusing at first glance, such as convincing the credulous that mermaids actually exist, some of these are in fact damaging, and therefore not a laughing matter. For example, during shark week last year, rather than focusing on celebrating and admiring these wonderful animals, the channel decided to help perpetuate the idea that sharks are savage, cold-blooded killers …. http://www.iflscience.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/01/discovery-channel-promises-to-stop.html
