While I'm on the subject of entertainment that's so bad it's actually entertaining [1], I forgot to mention a particular episode of UFO Hunters [2] about a small patch of Nevada known as Area 51 [3].
[You won't see this on the show] [4] [5]
(Photograph by Glenn Campbell)
Bunny recorded the show [6] (watch it while you can before it's taken down) and it was amusing, but for me, it wasn't anything I didn't know before. Really, I only watched it because Glenn Campbell [7] was on the show; far more fascinating than the show was the show behind the show [8] and just how ridiculous a hike up a mountain with a camera crew [9] really is. On screen you see two people, the host, and Glenn. And since you're seeing it, there's obviously the camera man. But in reality there were a total of 15 people on that hike, most lugging tons of camera, sound and lighting equipment.
Quite amusing really.
I'm reminded of all this because Glenn is fact checking the UFO Hunters [10] on their presentation of Area 51. And as he reminds us:
The recent Area 51 episode of UFO Hunters was fine entertainment, but let's make it clear: This was not journalism. It was never intended as journalism, so don't get your knickers in a bunch about factual accuracy. It's only a TV show, designed to appeal to a certain market and sell advertising.
“Area 51 Loose Ends [11]”
[2] http://www.history.com/minisites/ufohunters
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51
[4] /boston/2009/03/09/IMG_6731.jpg
[5] http://area51looseends.blogspot.com/2008/10/hunters
[6] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGOopaxooWs
[7] http://clusty.com/search?query=Glenn+Campbell&host=boston.conman.or
[8] http://area51looseends.blogspot.com/2008/10/hunters-on-tikaboo-peak-
[9] http://area51interceptors.blogspot.com/2008/10/ufo-
[10] http://area51looseends.blogspot.com/2009/03/fact-checking-ufo-hunters-
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