I remember that show as a roaring river of information, all delivered with Burke's speedy narration. So if there's something that seems off after 40-plus years, I think I'd still be inclined to accept the larger context of information in which it appears.
> his claim that freeze drying was invented by the coffee industry in S. America because they had extra beans is easily proven false by 2 minutes of research
The show should be called "Associations" because that would be more accurate. He puts things together that have no connection beyond sharing one or two properties. I loved the show, don't get my wrong, but viewing it later in life showed me it wasn't what I thought it was
Starting at 1:49 at https://archive.org/details/connections-1-04-faith-in-number... he describes how Brazil has a coffee surplus, there's no way to sell it all, then Nestlé comes up with the answer.
I'm not saying not to do it mind, but it's easier to come forward with concrete examples. I see several others are already running things down, but in an environment where attention is the primary constraint, it is often considered polite to bring your citations with you. That way everyone can quickly home in on the relevant info.
I'm not going to get on the soapbox on what passes for fact-checking these days. Any college student in a history class probably knows why the contemporary notion is... less than ideal.