The 'Hysteria' channel is there for 'entertainment only'. Not 'education'.

The self-styled “History Channel” has been worthless for decades in terms of any real historical info. Even when they occasionally try to tackle some real history, they do a crummy job. As to religion in media, I think that, at a time when many traditional ideas and assumptions are being challenged, there seems to be some sort of awful consensus that religion and “spirituality” are not to be questioned. I hear a lot of educated people claiming that, even if based on genuinely crackpot ideas, believing in religion is still somehow “good” for us and for society. Yuk.

the history channel has become the aliens-made-jesus-walk-with-dinosaurs-despite-the-freemasons channel.

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Most (religious) people believe it is actual history, when in fact most actual historical records haven't survived. A great deal of it was deliberately destroyed by the early Christian church. It is estimated that at least 98% was lost due to Christians destroying records and burning of the Alexandria Library.

As atheists/agnostics we need to point out that most biblical stories were taken form stories of other religions and cultures and where those stories appear in other religions and cultures they are considered to be "myths" and nto actual history.

Yes, that is a very good observation.This reminds me of some stupid cable channel show about Noah’s ark that I quickly turned off after they were talking about it like it actually once existed.

That channel has changed a lot since it started. I remember when it was about actual history. The proliferation of cable networks made them struggle for viewers and go to more sensationalist fare.

For instance, every other week is now Nazi Week on the History Channel.

The History Channel belongs in the dustbin of history, along with other mind suckers, such as In Search Of (hosted by Leonard Nimoy, of all people!) Ghost Hunters and Omni magazine!

In order for the indoctrination to continue, the poison must continuously be administered. Even though many now don’t occupy in part of their day questioning the human condition.

The victors write the history books and the Xstian West has had a lot of victories over the last few centuries, naturally they paint themselves as saviors and liberators.

Bad example as The History Channel has become the Conspiracy Theory Channel.

Television likes to promote lies instead of truths. Most of us secular people understand this. There are a lot gullible people watching television.

There is very little history in the History Channel. More like fake documentaries today along the lines of current "Reality TV" and not much reality at all. You can't explain it because the aliens did it sort of thing.

Religion is part of history...unpalatable as that may be to us. Human history has religion interwoven through it and cannot be separated, just as past events cannot be changed. I don’t watch the History channel, because I don’t subscribe to cable TV, so am at a disadvantage to knowing what you really mean, but things are either facts or they are false. Is the History channel portraying biblical stories as fact?

For some reason I don't understand, the media seems to do its best to promote religion.

Choose wisely grasshopper .

Yes, likewise with entertainment. All too often I find some Christian based horror embedded in stories. What about other religions daemons producing floods, famine and fires for a change.
Back to the point, is there an agenda at work? Is a factual channel in the hands of evangelical Christians who are infiltrating the way history is put across?
Probably more accidental religious indoctrination slipping in through capitalist market forces. Look at what fills the programming now. Aliens, UFOs, myths, (still not) finding bigfoot, redneck hunters, nude survivors and Bear Grills. Mostly cheap to make and easy watching for trailer-trash semi-intellectuals.

Yes, it is disgusting.

I remember that once the 'history' channel had some real history but it seems people don;t want to hear or see this. It has become a channel mainly for entertainment. That's what sells.
I still remember, late one evening seeing a program about a KKK member gaining some information and managed to see the error of his ways and escaping the KKK. Then the show talked about anthropologists saying, outside of cosmetic and cultural differences there are no real differences between any people and race was a made up word. Tribe was a much better application. Later I tried to find that show and it was nowhere to be seen. In order to gain finances a media often has to appeal to a wide range of audiences and several times I have written the National Geographic on some story which tried to place religion in a good light.

They're selfish assholes. People are in danger all around them but want their family to be spared because they're so damned special. All the while complaining about how easy it is for government to control the stupid people. No sense of irony at all.

Aggravating isn't it

Yes its ridiculous

Put it this way: There is no liberal, atheist, anti religion anti "god" mass media that the loony & paranoid right wing would like us to "believe" (for lack of a better word) . Either another myth in their "brains", or another weapon in their propaganda arsenal. I'm really tired of guessing which

The Motto of the history channel seems to be

Deus bonum
Nazus malum
dare pecuniam

*god good, nazis bad, gimme money

That would depend upon who their advertisers are.

Nat Geo is usually pretty impartial.