Factoid/2014/08/06
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Beware of Shark Week
- "...forgery and deception seem to have become par for the course for Discovery and Shark Week. It was bad enough when, a few years ago, their child network Animal Planet released a pair of “documentaries” on mermaids, in which they faked video footage to plant the idea that mermaids exist but are being covered up by the government. Those specials, at least, carried a disclaimer that flashed briefly explaining that parts of it were “fictional”. Then, spurred by the popularity of those programs, last year’s Shark Week kicked off with Megalodon: The Monster Shark That Lives, which opted to use the word “dramatized” over “fictional” in its lightning-fast disclaimer. More than two-thirds of their audience, by their own poll, was convinced by the entirely faked “documentary” into believing C. megalodon may indeed still roam the seas." - excerpt from critique of Discovery Channel's Shark Week in Discover Magazine.
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