Leifer
Senior Member.
I came home late from work the other night, to find several of these "Unsealed Files..." episodes, back-to-back. This series is found on the "Destination America" network...... a network mostly catering to unknown mysteries, like ghosts, monsters, aliens, conspiracies, etc....as well as other popular near-non-informational programing such as "Buying Alaska", etc.
Copyright © 2014 Discovery Communications, LLC
http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/unsealed-americas-conspiracy-files/episodes-season-1/622540
It's pure sensationalistic programming, in a style that tries to lead the viewer into believing the unsubstantiated script.
The "Unsealed" episodes are directly geared toward "your government is lying to you".
Repeated several times in the narrated script, are phrases like, "...what the gov't doesn't want you to know", and, "experts agree that...." (or "experts speculate that..."), to somehow add credibility to the show's ideas.......with absolutely no alternative viewpoint.
https://www.youtube.com/user/unsealedfiles/videos
....as a search may reveal.....money and popularity seem to be what primarily drives production companies to engage in the production of.....basically anything that will gather viewership.
Searching many production company program ventures, leads me to this conclusion, that:
"It sells, if it's likely to be watched".
Executive producers of cable-bought (aired) programming, often engage in a wide variety of productions.
As one example, exec. producer Kent Weed, who did "Kitchen Nightmares (Ramsey)", as well as "Conspiracy Theory, with Jesse Ventura".
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917239/
My point here is a question.......
Is it the show's producers (and show creators) fault, to entice the public who may tune-in to such entertainment folly.... because the creators of such shows are purposefully irresponsible in their accuracy ?? (and they don't mind, because the show makes money ?)
....or, is it the public's fault for desiring such programming (by watching these shows) ??....thereby creating a guaranteed market for these shows ?
...or further yet.......does one encourage the other ?
Copyright © 2014 Discovery Communications, LLC
http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/unsealed-americas-conspiracy-files/episodes-season-1/622540
The "Unsealed" episodes are directly geared toward "your government is lying to you".
Repeated several times in the narrated script, are phrases like, "...what the gov't doesn't want you to know", and, "experts agree that...." (or "experts speculate that..."), to somehow add credibility to the show's ideas.......with absolutely no alternative viewpoint.
https://www.youtube.com/user/unsealedfiles/videos
....as a search may reveal.....money and popularity seem to be what primarily drives production companies to engage in the production of.....basically anything that will gather viewership.
Searching many production company program ventures, leads me to this conclusion, that:
"It sells, if it's likely to be watched".
Executive producers of cable-bought (aired) programming, often engage in a wide variety of productions.
As one example, exec. producer Kent Weed, who did "Kitchen Nightmares (Ramsey)", as well as "Conspiracy Theory, with Jesse Ventura".
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917239/
My point here is a question.......
Is it the show's producers (and show creators) fault, to entice the public who may tune-in to such entertainment folly.... because the creators of such shows are purposefully irresponsible in their accuracy ?? (and they don't mind, because the show makes money ?)
....or, is it the public's fault for desiring such programming (by watching these shows) ??....thereby creating a guaranteed market for these shows ?
...or further yet.......does one encourage the other ?
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