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I am in the Scuba industry in South Africa -
We have been horrified to see these highly dramatized fake documentries -
Surely in this day and age we want to be promoting and educating divers and the general public about sharks - not just making up a load of rubbish to push up ratings -
This is from Wikipedia
"Shark Week is an annual, week-long programming block on Discovery Channel which features shark-based programming, real and fictional. In recent years fictitious programming, called "docufiction," were produced, such as Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives, Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine, Monster Hammerhead, Lair of the Mega Shark, and Megaladon: The New Evidence to try to improve their ratings.[citation needed] This strategy worked for the program Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives, as it became one of the most watched programs in Shark Week history, primarily for the controversy and backlash it generated.[1] It originally premiered on July 17, 1988. Held annually, normally in July or August, Shark Week was originally developed to raise awareness and respect for sharks. Since then it has evolved into more entertainment-oriented programming
I include some links
[FONT="]https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-2015-Discovery-Channel-Shark-Week/186588614846757[/FONT]
and comment from Walter Bernardis who has featured a number of times on National Geographic with his swimming with Tiger Shark programmes
https://www.facebook.com/walter.bernardis.9?fref=nf
We have been horrified to see these highly dramatized fake documentries -
Surely in this day and age we want to be promoting and educating divers and the general public about sharks - not just making up a load of rubbish to push up ratings -
This is from Wikipedia
"Shark Week is an annual, week-long programming block on Discovery Channel which features shark-based programming, real and fictional. In recent years fictitious programming, called "docufiction," were produced, such as Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives, Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine, Monster Hammerhead, Lair of the Mega Shark, and Megaladon: The New Evidence to try to improve their ratings.[citation needed] This strategy worked for the program Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives, as it became one of the most watched programs in Shark Week history, primarily for the controversy and backlash it generated.[1] It originally premiered on July 17, 1988. Held annually, normally in July or August, Shark Week was originally developed to raise awareness and respect for sharks. Since then it has evolved into more entertainment-oriented programming
I include some links
[FONT="]https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-2015-Discovery-Channel-Shark-Week/186588614846757[/FONT]
and comment from Walter Bernardis who has featured a number of times on National Geographic with his swimming with Tiger Shark programmes
https://www.facebook.com/walter.bernardis.9?fref=nf