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Posted: 9/18/2014 8:47:19 PM EDT




Despite widespread backlash over fake documentaries, supposedly
educational networks are turning to them more and more in efforts to net
viewers and in the process are making people dumber.

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Last year's two-hour special on Discovery, called "Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives," convinced 70% of viewers that the giant prehistoric shark still existed even as outraged scientists insisted that the show was ludicrous and almost entirely fictional. It didn't help that Discovery made coy comments about the documentary being a legitimate contribution to scientific debate.









This summer, Discovery followed it up with "Megalodon: The New Evidence," which became the highest-rated episode of Shark Week with 4.8 million viewers.



http://www.businessinsider.com/discovery-channels-fake-documentaries-2014-9
 
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:48:41 PM EDT
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Increasingly?  It has sucked ass since it first aired.  Lots of bullshit.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:50:10 PM EDT
[#2]
Yah, never know whats real or fake .....turned into a trash channel
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:50:52 PM EDT
[#3]
maybe i should get pissed about COPS and NCIS

just stop watching....history and discovery jumped the shark and its just crap now
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:51:57 PM EDT
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Well what did you expect? honey boo boo is on the fucking learning channel.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:52:43 PM EDT
[#5]
Serves scientists right for trying to convince people global warming was real
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:53:39 PM EDT
[#6]
Being such intelligent people, I'd expect they'd be able to figure out how to change channels, or simply turn the goddamn thing off.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:54:40 PM EDT
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History Channel's history leaves a lot to be desired as well. The 'experts' they find for their documentaries must be from a temp agency.

Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:55:49 PM EDT
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lol TV.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:57:05 PM EDT
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History and Discovery Channels both use to be about the only thing I'd watch if I took the time to sit in front of a TV. Now it seems it's all garbage.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:57:20 PM EDT
[#10]
They've all gone to crap, especially The History Channel.  To hell with those bastards who cancelled "Dogfights."
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 8:59:35 PM EDT
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You mean mermaids aren't real?!?!?

Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:00:51 PM EDT
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Near as I can tell, scientists really aren't that much better.

Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:08:30 PM EDT
[#13]
What do you expect? We have an entire society who is used to being fed shit. Democrats feed us shit, TV shows feed us shit, about half the Republicans feed us shit, colleges feed people shit. Movies feed us shit.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:11:12 PM EDT
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This.  Ignore it and hope it goes away.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:11:51 PM EDT
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Yup.
And evolution.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:14:30 PM EDT
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Yup.
And evolution.
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Yup.
And evolution.

*snort*
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:15:30 PM EDT
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Are they talking about Al Gore and Michael Moore?????
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:16:09 PM EDT
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History Channel's history leaves a lot to be desired as well. The 'experts' they find for their documentaries must be from a temp agency.

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There is always the history forum here.  I've been told that the authors of threads there are quite dashing and handsome.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:21:04 PM EDT
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Here they are.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:21:13 PM EDT
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Yup.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:22:03 PM EDT
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There's about as much history on History channel as there is on the Sci-Fi channel.
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Yup.
And evolution.
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Yup.
And evolution.

lol
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:23:21 PM EDT
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There is always the history forum here.  I've been told that the authors of threads there are quite dashing and handsome.
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There is always the history forum here.  I've been told that the authors of threads there are quite dashing and handsome.

Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:24:45 PM EDT
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Megaladon, mermaids on Animal Planet..

same crap.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:25:20 PM EDT
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There is always the history forum here.  I've been told that the authors of threads there are quite dashing and handsome.


But, it is on the internet, so it must be true.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:25:27 PM EDT
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Here they are.

http://www.trbimg.com/img-51759527/turbine/la-et-ct-20130422-001/600/600x526




Names and job titles?



 
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:25:44 PM EDT
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20 something replies and I'M the first to post this?  You folks are slippin'!


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Near as I can tell, scientists really aren't that much better.





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Says the man, posting on the internet, entirely created by science.





The anti-intellectualism on this site is astounding.





 
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:26:57 PM EDT
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Yup.

And evolution.
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Serves scientists right for trying to convince people global warming was real


Yup.

And evolution.
And gravity.





 
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:27:10 PM EDT
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Not sure if serious?   Dogfights sucked.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:27:21 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:29:17 PM EDT
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Despite widespread backlash over fake documentaries, supposedly educational networks are turning to them more and more in efforts to net viewers and in the process are making people dumber.

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Last year's two-hour special on Discovery, called "Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives," convinced 70% of viewers that the giant prehistoric shark still existed even as outraged scientists insisted that the show was ludicrous and almost entirely fictional. It didn't help that Discovery made coy comments about the documentary being a legitimate contribution to scientific debate.



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This summer, Discovery followed it up with "Megalodon: The New Evidence," which became the highest-rated episode of Shark Week with 4.8 million viewers.



http://www.businessinsider.com/discovery-channels-fake-documentaries-2014-9



 
So, Shark Week jumped the shark?













Wait, is that even possible?








 





Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:39:05 PM EDT
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This summer, Discovery followed it up with "Megalodon: The New Evidence," which became the highest-rated episode of Shark Week with 4.8 million viewers.


http://www.businessinsider.com/discovery-channels-fake-documentaries-2014-9

 
So, Shark Week jumped the shark?





Wait, is that even possible?


 




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Despite widespread backlash over fake documentaries, supposedly educational networks are turning to them more and more in efforts to net viewers and in the process are making people dumber.

Last year's two-hour special on Discovery, called "Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives," convinced 70% of viewers that the giant prehistoric shark still existed even as outraged scientists insisted that the show was ludicrous and almost entirely fictional. It didn't help that Discovery made coy comments about the documentary being a legitimate contribution to scientific debate.


This summer, Discovery followed it up with "Megalodon: The New Evidence," which became the highest-rated episode of Shark Week with 4.8 million viewers.


http://www.businessinsider.com/discovery-channels-fake-documentaries-2014-9

 
So, Shark Week jumped the shark?





Wait, is that even possible?


 





Shark Tank is awesome!
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:39:55 PM EDT
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Despite widespread backlash over fake documentaries, supposedly educational networks are turning to them more and more in efforts to net viewers and in the process are making people dumber.




Last year's two-hour special on Discovery, called "Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives," convinced 70% of viewers that the giant prehistoric shark still existed even as outraged scientists insisted that the show was ludicrous and almost entirely fictional. It didn't help that Discovery made coy comments about the documentary being a legitimate contribution to scientific debate.






This summer, Discovery followed it up with "Megalodon: The New Evidence," which became the highest-rated episode of Shark Week with 4.8 million viewers.



http://www.businessinsider.com/discovery-channels-fake-documentaries-2014-9



 
So, Shark Week jumped the shark?













Wait, is that even possible?






 





yesitis_aliensguy.jpg



 
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:40:40 PM EDT
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also mermaids.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:42:47 PM EDT
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Pretty much this.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:43:28 PM EDT
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The Learning Channel hasn't existed since 1998, when they rebranded themselves as "TLC".
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Well what did you expect? honey boo boo is on the fucking learning channel.


The Learning Channel hasn't existed since 1998, when they rebranded themselves as "TLC".

Oh, well that's OK then.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:43:50 PM EDT
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Says the man, posting on the internet, entirely created by science AlGore.

The anti-intellectualism on this site is astounding.
 
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Says the man, posting on the internet, entirely created by science AlGore.

The anti-intellectualism on this site is astounding.
 

Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:44:16 PM EDT
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Says the man, posting on the internet, entirely created by science.

The anti-intellectualism on this site is astounding.
 
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Says the man, posting on the internet, entirely created by science.

The anti-intellectualism on this site is astounding.
 



Only scientists I hear about on teh idiot box are the fucktards lying about  global warming

Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:46:52 PM EDT
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How do we know that these are real scientists, and not actors pretending to be outraged?
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:50:48 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:53:08 PM EDT
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Any religion that accepts Tom Cruse has to be fake.



























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Exactly. Some of us were never fooled by the hoax.  
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Exactly. Some of us were never fooled by the hoax.  

This.
And this.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 9:57:20 PM EDT
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Exactly. Some of us were never fooled by the hoax.  
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Exactly. Some of us were never fooled by the hoax.  

They filmed global warming on the same sound stage as the so-called moon landing footage.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 10:19:37 PM EDT
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And gravity.



 
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Yup.

And evolution.
And gravity.



 
If you saw some of the pallets my coworkers stack at work, you would understand my skepticism of the THEORY of gravity.

 
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 10:20:55 PM EDT
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I still have hope for the Science Channel, it has yet to be one filled with bullshit.
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They've all gone to crap, especially The History Channel.  To hell with those bastards who cancelled "Dogfights."


Here they are.
http://www.trbimg.com/img-51759527/turbine/la-et-ct-20130422-001/600/600x526


I want to fuck the one on the left.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 10:23:57 PM EDT
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I want to fuck the one on the left.
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They've all gone to crap, especially The History Channel.  To hell with those bastards who cancelled "Dogfights."


Here they are.
http://www.trbimg.com/img-51759527/turbine/la-et-ct-20130422-001/600/600x526


I want to fuck the one on the left.

One on the right looks like Gillian Anderson's daughter.
Link Posted: 9/18/2014 10:24:10 PM EDT
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CNN sent over their staff.
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Only scientists I hear about on teh idiot box are the fucktards lying about  global warming



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Near as I can tell, scientists really aren't that much better.



Says the man, posting on the internet, entirely created by science.



The anti-intellectualism on this site is astounding.

 






Only scientists I hear about on teh idiot box are the fucktards lying about  global warming



Riiiiight.



 
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