A superb critique of the corporatized media which routinely sacrifices any altruistic principle standing in opposition to their arbitrarily-conceived, profit-obsessed business models.
I know, I’m a bit old-fashioned. I like history, I visit historical places, I read about history and write about it too and when I switch on the History TV channel, I kind of expect history too. I used to find it too until a few years ago.
When the History Channel started, it was one of the best channels on television. Imagine, a television channel that didn’t dumb down that much and just showed history shows and documentaries. There are so many people who like history that it seemed only natural to have a channel dedicated to it.
The History Channel from good to bad to ugly
True, it seemed to show various things on Romans and ancient Egypt rather than say the very interesting but totally unpublicised 18th century Egypt and more than the odd world war documentary. Generally though, at least on the British channel you could…
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The Secular Jurist 
I agree that the History Channel has gone downhill. I hate the new reality shows they’ve got on now. Not a lot of stuff left for thinking people to watch. The Animal Planet has been doing similar sensational-style TV shows, too.
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… the corporate media business model.
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