Is discussing a fraud equivalent to "Spoiler" for the purpose of this comment?
For years I have respected and enjoyed both the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet which are related corporately.
A long time friend of mine made a genuine documentary that aired on the Discovery Channel in the first year that it was on air.
I have a university education in Biology studying wildlife but I work in the transportation industry now because I don't have a MS or Ph.d but I do understand genetics, organic chemistry, calculus, evolution, ecology and I'm not all that gullible usually.
But because of the presentation, I was completely fooled by some of the video footage simply because of the excellent and decent reputation of the discovery channel/animal planet. I was questioning why everyone was "Doctor." Even PhD. doctors sometimes don't even go by Dr. and there was too much emphasis on them and looking at the camera. They did seem a little like actors and not real people like you and I. But that's not my point. What was Discovery trying to do with this crap? Ruin their reputation for good programing?
This was a very poor decision by Discovery/Animal Planet to present this program and stage fake interviews of fake Ph.d scientists that don't exist and fake their background with NOAA. And blackscreen a fake former Navy guy. Totally inexcusable to do this. They should have made a movie with Scientists getting arrested in South Africa or the Navy loading up the Washington creature and flying it to South Carolina. But this was just wrong.
What comes to mind is the Orson Wells, War of the Worlds radio broadcast before our time. That caused a lot of fear and panic.
I'll never watch a program on their channels again with the same enthusiasm or appreciation as I had before. Very disturbing.
For years I have respected and enjoyed both the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet which are related corporately.
A long time friend of mine made a genuine documentary that aired on the Discovery Channel in the first year that it was on air.
I have a university education in Biology studying wildlife but I work in the transportation industry now because I don't have a MS or Ph.d but I do understand genetics, organic chemistry, calculus, evolution, ecology and I'm not all that gullible usually.
But because of the presentation, I was completely fooled by some of the video footage simply because of the excellent and decent reputation of the discovery channel/animal planet. I was questioning why everyone was "Doctor." Even PhD. doctors sometimes don't even go by Dr. and there was too much emphasis on them and looking at the camera. They did seem a little like actors and not real people like you and I. But that's not my point. What was Discovery trying to do with this crap? Ruin their reputation for good programing?
This was a very poor decision by Discovery/Animal Planet to present this program and stage fake interviews of fake Ph.d scientists that don't exist and fake their background with NOAA. And blackscreen a fake former Navy guy. Totally inexcusable to do this. They should have made a movie with Scientists getting arrested in South Africa or the Navy loading up the Washington creature and flying it to South Carolina. But this was just wrong.
What comes to mind is the Orson Wells, War of the Worlds radio broadcast before our time. That caused a lot of fear and panic.
I'll never watch a program on their channels again with the same enthusiasm or appreciation as I had before. Very disturbing.