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A controversial decision last month by the Discovery Channel to forego airing its new nature series collaboration with the BBC in its entirety appears to have been resolved.
"Frozen Planet", the the newest high-budget series chronicling the amazing wildlife and nature found in earth's polar regions, recently debuted in the UK to rave reviews and record-breaking ratings. While audiences there were treated to the series' full seven episodes, the BBC made the unusual decision to sell the program worldwide without the final one titled "On Thin Ice"; dealing specifically with climate change.
The Discovery Channel was initially game to go along with the subtraction - saying that "scheduling conflicts" and the series light addressing of climate change in other episodes was good enough. Environmentalists, however, cried foul - saying that the BBC was allowing network's to censure the issue and that outlets like Discovery were giving in to climate change skeptics.
“It’s a bit like pressing the stop button on Titanic just as the iceberg appears," said one Greenpeace rep. "Climate change is the most important part of the polar story, the warming in the Arctic can’t be denied, it’s changing the environment there in ways that are making experts fearful for the future.”
Yesterday, the Discovery Channel backpedaled on their decision, announcing that the network would run the full seven episodes starting in March 2012.
According to the AP, Discovery and TLC networks head Eileen O'Neill called the series remarkable "because it's so surprising. You see sequences that have never been captured on film before—a world you would expect to see in a 'Narnia' film, not on this planet."
She adds, "You see an environment that's changing, if not disappearing, in our generation."
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Frozen Planet airs on the Discovery Channel starting March 18th.A controversial decision last month by the Discovery Channel to forego airing its new... more
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The Discovery Channel is refusing to show the shocking conclusions of its own documentary.
"Frozen Planet" is a seven-part series that serves as a gripping portrait of life at the ends of the Earth, featuring stunning shots of wildlife at the North and South Poles.
But when the series airs in the U.S. early next year, Discovery Channel is only showing six episodes: they're refusing to air the full seventh episode, which deals exclusively with climate change and exposing its devastating effects on our planet.
Claudia Abbott-Barish, an American now living in the UK, where "Frozen Planet" is currently airing, started a Change.org petition asking the Discovery Channel to air all seven episodes of "Frozen Planet" to make sure Americans can see the truth about climate change.
The striking footage of "Frozen Planet" is not to be missed -- it features never-before-seen images of penguins, polar bears, glaciers, and the great grey owl. It's an intimate look at the ice-covered portions of our planet, made by the same people who produced the incredible "Planet Earth" series from a few years ago. Throughout the series, viewers follow stories of animals trying to survive in extreme conditions.
But central to the story about life at the ends of the Earth is the reality of climate change.
Some of the show was shot by a cameraman named named Dave, a friend of Claudia's. While filming in the Arctic and Antarctica, Dave said he was stunned by the experience. He saw shrinking glaciers and melting ice right before his eyes, all while working with scientists who talked about how the devastating effects of climate change are worse than they ever feared.
Discovery Channel prides itself on revealing the mysteries and unseen worlds of our planet. Claudia thinks that by shortchanging U.S. viewers of the reality of climate change, Discovery Channel is doing a disservice to its viewers and the planet.
Please sign Claudia's petition asking Discovery Channel to air the seventh episode of "Frozen Planet" to tell the whole story about climate change and life at the ends of the Earth. Add your name here:
http://www.change.org/petitions/president-discovery-channel-air-the-climate-change-episode-from-the-frozen-planet-nature-series
Thanks for being a change-maker,
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An episode of the BBC's Frozen Planet documentary series that looks at climate change has been scrapped in the U.S., where many are hostile to the idea of global warming.
British viewers will see all seven episodes of the multi-million-pound nature series throughout the Autumn.
But U.S. audiences will not be shown the last episode, which looks at the threat posed by man to the natural world. It is feared a show that preaches global warming could upset viewers in the U.S., where around half of people do not believe in climate change.
The series of six episodes has been sold to 30 countries, including China, one of the world's biggest polluters. World TV networks have the option to buy a seventh 'companion' episode, along with behind-the-scenes footage. Ten of the countries have chosen not to use the final episode on climate change
In the U.S., Frozen Planet is being aired by Discovery. They were involved in the joint-production of the series. Yet they are still refusing to accommodate Frozen Planet in its entirety.
The timing of a one-sided global warming programme could be particularly sensitive in the U.S., where climate change is an issue in the presidential race. GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry accuses climate scientists of lying for money.
A poll earlier this year found that the majority of Americans believe that if climate change does exist, it is not caused by humans. Fifty-three per cent of Republicans say there is no evidence of climate change, while the number is far higher among Tea Party supporters, with 70 per cent saying the theory is 'junk science' pushed by groups with a vested interest.
Sir David Attenborough presents and authors the series, the seventh episode of which, entitled 'On Thin Ice', looks at how the planet's ice is changing and what it means not only to the animals and people at the Poles but also the rest of the planet. A spokesman for the BBC said it would not make sense to force television networks outside the UK to buy the episode as it features 85-year-old Sir David talking a lot of the time to camera, and in many parts of the world he is not famous.
The broadcaster refused to say which countries had shunned 'On Thin Ice'. They said it wasn't included in the main package because it features Sir David 'in vision' which would make it hard for other countries to translate into their own language. Discovery had dropped the full seventh episode due to 'scheduling issues', the spokesman added.
However, environmentalists branded the decision 'unhelpful'. Harry Huyton, head of climate change for the RSPB, accused networks who haven't bought the final episode of 'censoring the issue'. A Greenpeace spokesman said: 'Climate change is the most important part of our polar story.'
The show cost an estimated £16million and took four years to make and has proved hugely popular. It examines various aspects of the polar wilderness over the seasons and follows the lives of creatures from polar bears and wolves in the Arctic to killer whales and Adelie penguins in the Antarctic. It has been produced by the BBC's Natural History Unit in Bristol in conjunction with the Discovery Channel and The Open University. The climate change episode will be aired on December 7 at 9pm.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2061663/Frozen-Planet-Climate-change-episode-wont-shown-US.htmlAn episode of the BBC's Frozen Planet documentary series that looks at climate... more
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Are astonishing recent successes with word-free math teaching making a mockery of the traditional textbook approach?Are astonishing recent successes with word-free math teaching making a mockery of the... more
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There are so many unknowns in this world. So many things that live with us every day, unseen, thought lost or having not even yet been discovered by man. The great mysteries of the world we live in intrigue us every day, push explorers toward the outer reaches of our understanding and beyond. What is it about these great, elusive creatures that sparks the imagination, drives the soul and compels us to shoot them in the fucking face?
El Chupacabra is dead, long live El Chupacabra.
And they’re coming for you next Nessie.
In Texas, where the law as I understand it is that you can shoot anyone or anything at any time for any reason, and that the only gun crime that you can be punished for is shooting one gun with another gun; a thirteen year old kid murdered the Legendary Chupacabra.
“Something slowly came across and started shaking, slowly moving across,” 13 year old Cryptozooassassin Carter Pope said when questioned about his grisly, thoughtless slaying. “It was gray, no hair at all. I thought that’s a Chupacabra.”
And reading that description, what else could it have been? Slow moving? Checkacabra. Shakey? Chupacheckra. Gray and hairless? Checkacheckra! That could only be the fabled El Chupacabra! Or a retired space alien, or any of our great grand parents. Or a Chupacabra, what am I saying? Of course, a Chupacabra, that’s exactly as I remember hearing them described. Slow moving and easily shootable. Almost too easily. 84% of bullets manufactured wind up in Chupacabras. If you own a gun, chances are it’s shot a Chupacabra already.
Not satisfied with simply murdering a sickly animal in his yard and declaring it “dead Chupacabra” before building a roadside shack where he could charge gawkers a nickel a peek, the report said that Carter “took hair and skin samples to get tested and put an end to the mystery once and for all.” Smart, because it’s one thing to just paint a sign with adorable backwards Rs on it and wait for the rabble to straggle on in, while it’s another thing entirely to have a certificate of authenticity nailed to your gut shot goat drainer to really add some credibility to your be-tented attraction.
But why stop at one shakey, elderly myth beast? Apparently the “Deadliest Catch” guys have set their sights on a catch of even more deadliesterness: The Loch Ness Monster… of Alaska… Or something.
Two of the “stars” of the Discovery Channel’s bafflingly uncanceled television program “Deadliest Catch”; Fisherman Joe and Dan the Crab Murderer… Or something… Apparently have footage dating back to 2009 that may prove the existence of an “Alaskan Loch Ness Monster”!
Now excusing that Mr. Monster’s first and middle names are not Loch and Ness but are instead a reference to the physical place in which it is most commonly known to reside, AND that he REALLY doesn’t like the negative connotations associated to the term “monster”, how about we come to a conclusion as to whether it is in fact the one and the same Nessie simply flitting about on an Alaskan vacation, or just some other upstart sea monster flashing it’s proverbial celebrity vadge at sea paparazzi for the TMZ of educational programming, the Discovery Channel, to parade around their air waves.
Crab genocidist Andy Hillstrand will be debuting this new footage on his creatively named “Hillstranded” special on the Discovery Channel. And just having put together that sentence, describing the upcoming airing of a SECOND television show starring this fisherist has broken my soul and gang raped my very will to live.
Honestly, how can I possibly be expected to keep my focus on the fact that today’s news is just jam packed to the rafters with the wanton execution and harassment of this planet’s most imaginary animals when I’m forced to confront the reality that a man who fishes, has two more television shows than I do. I’m so angry I could strangle to death something that doesn’t even exist! My anger is so rich and pure that my mind could conjure up a creature from nothingness, breathe life into it against all of the laws of the universe, solely so that I could vent upon it my righteous frustrations with the inherent unfairness of a guy who tricks sea insects into a cage being given not just one television show, which in and of itself is the kind of perverse joke that television producers dare other producers to pitch to nature channels, but the unmitigated gall of the universe to allow this sea faring ass a second avenue to more completely share his every fisherman eye on life with the shut ins and buried alive hoarders who have yet to be discovered for their own Learning Channel series; that make up the entirety of his viewing audience…
… Just bugs me is all…
Now what was I saying? Oh, right — RUN NESSIE! THE CAMERAS ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE OCEAN!
I’m going to go cry now, for me, for you and for all the make believe creatures being hunted into pretend extinction. Big Foot, Abominable: watch your furry asses.
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A mocked-up taxi used in the Canadian version of the Discovery Channel game show Cash Cab struck and killed a Vancouver pedestrian on Friday night.
The 61-year-old man was struck by the cab after filming had wrapped for the day, when a producer was returning the vehicle to a storage facility. He died shortly after he was taken to a hospital. Police are investigating the accident, but no charges have been filed.
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Andrew Tarantola — As part of the run up to this year's Shark Week, the Discovery channel's teamed with the Georgia Aquarium and embedded a live webcam in the world's largest shark tank.
The 9.5 Olympic pool-sized (that's 6.3 million gallons) tank was originally built to contain Whale Sharks and is currently hosting the Ocean Voyager exhibit. Aside from the aquarium's seven shark species (including the whale variety), it also houses the only four captive manta rays in the United States. Viewers can peek in on the fish and watch the daily feedings until August 7. Shark Week begins July 31st on the Discovery Channel.
http://gizmodo.com/5821810/keep-sharks-in-your-cubicle-with-discovery-channels-new-live-stream
Neat!Andrew Tarantola — As part of the run up to this year's Shark Week, the... more
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While major networks are running extensive coverage of the major natural disaster, the cable and its sister network are preparing a documentary which includes the aftermath.
Read more: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00038972.htmlWhile major networks are running extensive coverage of the major natural disaster, the... more
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Blowing up children and threatening climate change skeptics with physical violence barely merits a mention
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
While the establishment has invoked the supposed threat of vitriolic “right-wing rhetoric” as a tool with which to bludgeon freedom of speech in response to the Tucson shootings, it has conspired to sweep under the carpet far more extreme and threatening language and images used by leftists in the context of the climate change debate, rhetoric that has led directly to crimes and murders.
While Sarah Palin is castigated for using an image of crosshairs targeting political districts, leftists produce violent and bloody films that depict children being liquidated in an orgy of blood and guts for not toeing the line on the political dogma of man-made global warming.
When the 10:10 campaign put out a video that showed kids in a classroom being murdered by their teacher for refusing to lower their CO2 emissions, it sparked outrage amongst conservative bloggers, yet hardly a ripple was registered on the pages of the Washington Post, the New York Times, or any of the leftist blogs now erroneously trying to blame vitriolic “right-wing” rhetoric for Jared Lee Loughner’s massacre.
Similarly, there was no condemnation when a lobbying group used an image of a dead girl being hanged to push their propaganda about melting icebergs – and in fact the Discovery Channel gave the group an award for the commercial.
FULL STORY HERE:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/establishment-ignores-violent-rhetoric-from-eco-leftists.htmlBlowing up children and threatening climate change skeptics with physical violence... more
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Latest Information News Updates “Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe” paid a visit to the Aquidneck Island distillery where Thomas Tew Rum, named after Rhode Island's famed pirate, is made.Latest Information News Updates “Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe” paid a visit... more
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Discovery Channel hasd pulled the plug on the re-enactment of the autopsy of Michael Jackson.
The programme "Michael Jackson: Autopsy" which was due to air across Europe on January 13th (ahead of the opening evedence of Conrad Murray's trial), was condemned by the Jackson's estate accusing the station of operating in bad taste.
Source: http://www.thejournal.ie/plans-for-tv-re-enactment-of-michael-jackson-autopsy-scrapped-2011-01/Discovery Channel hasd pulled the plug on the re-enactment of the autopsy of Michael... more
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This video includes the most memorable anecdotes I’ve ever heard. “What’s that doing in there?” his freaked-out girlfriend asked. “Well, I just wanted to see if the artificial leg I just made was dishwasher safe”’d-give-your-right-arm-for-06730
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This guy is the definition of a Hero. The Chinook took multiple hits severing a hydraulic line and raking the fuselage and windscreens with rounds. The Sun reporter does well to keep his composure during the report, faced with the very real possibility of a crash and death.This guy is the definition of a Hero. The Chinook took multiple hits severing a... more
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One of the most famous American Show Deadliest Catch on Discovery will return after controversies among the Captains of the show. We have learned that CaptainsOne of the most famous American Show Deadliest Catch on Discovery will return after... more
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James J. Lee, the villain for Discovery channel programs who appeared in the morning at Discovery channel headquarters and took two Discovery communicationJames J. Lee, the villain for Discovery channel programs who appeared in the morning... more
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Al Gore’s Church of Climatism has claimed a new glorious martyr. His name is James Lee – the Discovery channel attempted eco-suicide-bomber – and if he’d had his way he wouldn’t have been the only one who ended up in the great recycling bin in the sky. That’s because, as far as the late James Lee was concerned, humans like the innocent Discovery channel employees he held hostage are the scum of the earth.
Just read some of the manifesto he posted on the internet and see for yourself:
"The humans? The planet does not need humans. You MUST KNOW the human population is behind all the pollution and problems in the world, and YET you encourage the exact opposite instead of discouraging human growth and procreation. Surely you MUST ALREADY KNOW this!"
Does this sound like the ravings of a sad, deranged loner on the wilder fringes of eco-fascist lunacy? Not to me it doesn’t. Strip away the block capitals and what you have, word for word, is the core manifesto of the entire global green movement.
What’s really depressing is that the philosophy expressed in James Lee’s (and the Unabomber’s) manifesto – which is also, incidentally, the philosophy expressed in Al Gore’s The Earth In Balance – is also the philosophy that is taught every day to our children in their schools: the world is fragile; human beings are a blot on the landscape; through our greed and selfishness we make everything worse; really it would be better if we vanished altogether and let all the lovely pure noble animals take over.
Not only do our schools teach our children this misanthropic – and deeply ahistoric – rot, but so also do broadcasters like the Discovery Channel. Their sister station, Animal Planet, for example, broadcasts a series called Whale Wars celebrating the real-life adventures of animal rights extremist Paul Watson. (H/T: MSher)
It’s time we woke up to the threat posed by this mass brainwashing of the younger generation. We worry, rightly, about those Muslim children who are being indoctrinated with the extreme Wahaabist version of their faith. Yet we seem astonishingly complacent that every day, in schools of every kind throughout the Western world, our children are being taught by well-meaning teachers to view their world and culture through exactly the same anti-capitalist, anti-human, anti-growth eyes as James Lee and the Unabomber.
The modern environmental movement is not kind, caring or gentle. It is a series of ticking time bombs waiting to blow up in our face.
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Look forward to Delingpole's book: Watermelons, which breaks down the eco-fascist green shell covering the commie red core filled with black pits of eugenics death.Al Gore’s Church of Climatism has claimed a new glorious martyr. His name is... more
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Manifesto of Discovery Channel Gunman: Environmentalist/Eugenicist Who Demanded Halt to Birth Of “Parasitic Human Infants”
Save The Planet Protest (Archived Copy)
September 1, 2010
This is the manifesto of the gunman who has entered a Discovery Channel building in Silver Spring, reportedly with explosives strapped to his body. As you will read, he is a mentally disturbed eugenicist who wishes to see humans sterilized and infants aborted.
After the Drudge Report linked to this manifesto, the original website crashed, but we managed to recover an archived copy. The gunman’s name is being reported as James J. Lee. More on this coming soon.
The Discovery Channel MUST broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet and to do the following IMMEDIATELY:
Click for (VIDEO) Read The Manifesto of Discovery Channel Gunman James J.Lee…Crazed Environmentalist, Eugenicist…(PHOTOS)...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/video-read-the-manifesto-of-discovery-channel-gunman-james-j-lee-crazed-environmentalist-eugenicist-photos/Manifesto of Discovery Channel Gunman: Environmentalist/Eugenicist Who Demanded Halt... more
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