On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:44:29 -0400, "Torquemada"
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> wrote:
>I agree with everything that ProfLego wrote. What do lumberjacks, truck
>drivers etc have to do with history (other than they look and behave
like
>Neanderthals)?
>
>Also, the "history" channel is disguising programming on theories of
>catastrophes.
>
>Not only that, when they produce programs about historical events and
>characters, their research is appalling with most of the information
>included lacking historical accuracy.
>
>I stopped watching the "history" channel last year and warn everybody
about
>taking the history channel seriously, especially my students.
>
>Students, some at the university level, watch it, and think that they
are
>watching valuable historically researched information. That is a
terrible
>harm that the money grabbing producers behind this "history" channel
are
>causing students.
>
>As a historian I will do everything to spread the warning to my
students and
>anyone that will listen.
>
>I am taking the issue to the FCC and have mentioned it to my local
>Congressman and Senator, who happened to be very good friends. Let's
see
>where this leads.
>
>This type of programming is worse than ****ography. At least when
you're
>watching ****, you know what you are watching. With the "history"
channel
>programming insinuates itself into our living rooms masquerading as
>something else. It is insulting, it is wrong and from an academic point
of
>view, terribly dangerous.
>
>Peter Bond
>
Regards
buddy b
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