The Politics of Fake Documentaries

Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:21:24 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/08/the_lasting_damage_of_fake_documentaries_like_mermaids_the_body_found.html>

"Mermaids: The Body Found and its ilk have done long-term damage."

Fake documentaries (as opposed to mockumentaries, for example Christopher Guest
films) do real harm by encouraging conspiracy thinking.

Via Susan Stone.

Cheers,
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Fri, 23 Sep 2016 21:37:39 +1000

the colective <colective [at] glasswings.com.au>

xanni sed:

Fake documentaries (as opposed to mockumentaries, for example Christopher
Guest films) do real harm by encouraging conspiracy thinking.

<perk> did someone say conspiracy? the biggest conspiracy of all is the
existence of snow..it's all the result of government mind control, snow isn't
real!

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