The NYT/History Civilization Channel...the most schizo channel ever!

[Khephra]

It's weird. One show on the Gulf War 1 or 2 comes off as propaganda, but tune into another one and you're actually hearing things that you normally only hear about on DU. It's REALLY disorienting sometimes.

[GOPisEvil]

1. TLC, Discovery and The History Channel are all similar

Sometimes they can be incredibly provocative, and sometimes they can be frustratingly propagandist!

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Too Many Military Hardware Shows!

History Channel has gotten way too far into a military hardware demo channel. Showing the "history" of the smart bombs that we still have is questionable programming, i would think. And, i don't care if Mail Call gets canceled tomorrow. What a stupid show.
The Professor

[GOPisEvil]

4. True, but they show some great programs, too.

I've learned a lot from the History Channel over the years.

Oh, and I was addicted to "Wings" on the Discovery Channel, being an aviation buff. Granted, I preferred the historical aircraft, but I found the shows interesting.

Mail Call can be stupid, it's also good for a laugh or two. However, I like the more historical items, not the current stuff. R. Lee Ermey has just about gotten to be a parody of himself which is amusing at times.

[Khephra]

5. They also go through cycles of showing a lot of Roman/Greek

history, which is much more interesting to me.

Mail Call...well, it's a guilty pleasure for me. It's too over-the-top for me to find it offensive. Lee IS a parody of himself these days.

[Khephra]

3. The one show I'm watching this morning is about

Saudi Arabia, and they did about 15 minutes on the Bin Laden family being flown out of the US after 9/11. It's really weird to see an in-depth discussion of that topic on TV not being pushed by Michael Moore.