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is it me or has the history channel gotten more and more out there with their definition of "history"?

i personally found the "holy grail in america" show to be just a bunch of sensationalist conspiracy theory talk.. 15 minutes of wikipedia-ing shows how out implausible most of the theory that they mentioned is

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It certainly has tilted in the direction of entertainment over education. It's unfortunate because I do believe there's an audience for serious content. Like most these things days there are much better resources online. The History Channel (like the Discovery Channel and others) exist for people who are curious but not curious enough to step away from the TV.

is it me or has the history channel gotten more and more out there with their definition of "history"?

Sadly, it seems to be the norm these days: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NetworkDecay

Well, they have to do something to get people to watch. Imagine how may people out there almost fall asleep when they hear the word "History".

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