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41. I was doing a search hoping to find an article or blog post that gave an overview of the

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 04:48 AM

Dec 2012

distortions presented in the show. My husband would be interested in reading something like that. Unfortunately all I found were posts in forums and he will not slog through that.

It will either amuse or annoy you to hear that in my search I found these two comments (and others similar.)

From glocktalk.com forums:

I watched The Men Who Built America and midway through the series I detected a definite "progressive" bias that smacks of political propaganda.

And this from www.ar15.com forums:

The Men who Built America on History channel - AR15. ... the left has scored a hit via entertainment with this class warfare propaganda piece.

Amazing.

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The history channels, a story of us [View all] nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 OP

The History Channel actually shows history?? I thought it was all about biker build offs and madinmaryland Dec 2012 #1

Those shows pay for this. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #2

Posting from your "smart"phone again!! madinmaryland Dec 2012 #14

My Ipad nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #15

God recovered it??? No. I recovered it! madinmaryland Dec 2012 #17

I use History Channel as a reference to what I need to fact check amerikat Dec 2012 #3

A few American Historians ave a few choice words for it nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #4

The spin-off 'Military Channel' and 'Military History Channel' are almost unwatchable now Populist_Prole Dec 2012 #5

Yup nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #7

Remember when the Bio channel had bio's of historical people instead of... WCGreen Dec 2012 #19

it's weird how all those channels melded into an indistinguishable programming blob. anyone HiPointDem Dec 2012 #22

There's a huge and very quiet consolidation underway. Hugin Dec 2012 #31

thanks. i felt that might be the reason, but the work of doing the research -- on all these HiPointDem Dec 2012 #35

For all it's faults amerikat Dec 2012 #6

That was American Exceptionalism on steroids nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #10

It was still better than the Hayabusa Dec 2012 #39

The right wing points to this channel as evidence marybourg Dec 2012 #8

I know. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #11

I used to LOVE watching the history channel when it had history stuff on it. ejpoeta Dec 2012 #29

You can watch the Dustbowl on line by going to PBS Videos Online marybourg Dec 2012 #34

thanks! i will definitely do that. was so looking forward to it. ejpoeta Dec 2012 #38

But it's EduTainTional! eShirl Dec 2012 #9

For those without a lot of education> it presents a timeline of historical events in a way KittyWampus Dec 2012 #12

The problem is that it is jumping all over nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #13

I turned it off in frustration after a half-hour or so. Aristus Dec 2012 #16

The show is not cohesive. Nothing new. LeftInTX Dec 2012 #24

I was watching How the States got their Shapes. Lasher Dec 2012 #18

I thought "How the States Got Their Shapes" would be really interesting. I set my DVR to record the Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #21

Do you still have the South Carolina segment? Lasher Dec 2012 #23

No, sorry, I really did nuke them all right then and there. We run low on space, so nothing stays Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #27

Yes, I think that's it. Lasher Dec 2012 #30

They do say "watch full episodes online," so maybe at the other link I posted. If not, just go to Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #36

On the other hand, I like How the States Got Their Shapes LeftInTX Dec 2012 #25

I could say something snarky about "former comedian," but (even though I just did), horses for Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #26

I tried watching it, but it wasn't coherent. dmr Dec 2012 #20

I was thinking about the HC the other day while flipping channels obxhead Dec 2012 #28

The height of hilarity for me has been "The Men Who Built America". Hugin Dec 2012 #32

I recorded those shows but deleted them after they had Donald Trump as one of the talking heads. My Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #37

Pretty bad. Hugin Dec 2012 #40

I was doing a search hoping to find an article or blog post that gave an overview of the Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #41

Well, for one thing it doesn't surprise me. Hugin Dec 2012 #42

agreed. Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2012 #33