Khephra
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Fri Feb-13-04 08:51 AM
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The NYT/History Civilization Channel...the most schizo channel ever! |
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It's weird. One show on the Gulf War 1 or 2 comes off as propaganda, but tune into another one and you're actually hearing things that you normally only hear about on DU. It's REALLY disorienting sometimes.
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Fri Feb-13-04 08:55 AM
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1. TLC, Discovery and The History Channel are all similar |
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Sometimes they can be incredibly provocative, and sometimes they can be frustratingly propagandist!
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ProfessorGAC
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Fri Feb-13-04 09:00 AM
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2. Too Many Military Hardware Shows! |
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History Channel has gotten way too far into a military hardware demo channel. Showing the "history" of the smart bombs that we still have is questionable programming, i would think. And, i don't care if Mail Call gets canceled tomorrow. What a stupid show. The Professor
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Fri Feb-13-04 09:03 AM
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4. True, but they show some great programs, too. |
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I've learned a lot from the History Channel over the years.
Oh, and I was addicted to "Wings" on the Discovery Channel, being an aviation buff. Granted, I preferred the historical aircraft, but I found the shows interesting.
Mail Call can be stupid, it's also good for a laugh or two. However, I like the more historical items, not the current stuff. R. Lee Ermey has just about gotten to be a parody of himself which is amusing at times.
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Fri Feb-13-04 09:05 AM
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5. They also go through cycles of showing a lot of Roman/Greek |
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history, which is much more interesting to me.
Mail Call...well, it's a guilty pleasure for me. It's too over-the-top for me to find it offensive. Lee IS a parody of himself these days.
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Fri Feb-13-04 09:00 AM
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3. The one show I'm watching this morning is about |
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Saudi Arabia, and they did about 15 minutes on the Bin Laden family being flown out of the US after 9/11. It's really weird to see an in-depth discussion of that topic on TV not being pushed by Michael Moore.
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