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Wed 24 Nov, 2010 06:32 pm
Last evening I turned on the telly to watch a new episode of NOVA, it was about the search for King Solomon's Mines. I tend to think of NOVA as mostly credible source of information, About 15 minutes into program the narrator stated "there is no actual evidence that King Solomon or his mines ever existed" and then continued with videos filmed in Jordan at an archeological site "discovering" copper mines and smelting furnaces and how the copper was transported by camels. So essentially the entire program was a fantasy of it's producer. I was sorely disappointed by this travesty of historical truth. I didn't mind the program, I did mind the VERY low key/subtle qualification of its historical credibility. I had greater expectations of NOVA and PBS.
@dyslexia,
Yeah, but I suppose if the imaginary King Solomon had really had those hypothetical mines, they might have looked just like the ones they showed you.
You gotta develope the right frame of mind.
The mines existed. Historical legend attaches them to Solomon. Whether he existed is up for grabs.
@dyslexia,
I'm finding more and more of the Discovery/PBS types of programming to be less credible than it used to be. I'm very disappointed with this turn of events as well. The last thing the world needs is another shot of pseudo-science from the media.
But I guess they do have to pay the bills.
You see thid kind of tripe on the History Channel, too, which is why i don't watch it any longer, unless they're showing a motion picture i wish to see. It's pandering, playing to the lowest common demoninator of credulity in order to optimize the bottom line.
@Setanta,
yeah, I gave up on the History Channel long ago, but I had expectations about NOVA. I was wrong.
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