Daily Archives: Saturday, December 8, 2007

Almost every TV station and documentary suffers from this disease. But it is not really a disease, is it? Not when it is carefully planned and implemented so that the maximum revenue is obtained. What is this disease? Oops, sorry it is not a disease, but a technique. Here is how it works. Someone has a crazy idea but has no proof. So what do you do? Simple, you invent a “mystery”, then ask some questions about it to make it sound like a fantastic revelation then you sell it to FOX or the History channel and make money. The point, and this is true for many so-called “documentaries”, is that you lead the audience to where you want to go by asking loaded questions, then you supply an answer before one has a chance to think about it. I watched a brief YouTube excerpt from the History channel about … Continue reading →