A closer look at medium.(Medium)(Television Program Review)

From: Skeptical Inquirer | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Harwood, William | Copyright information

"I'll produce anything that gets high ratings." That was the response of an NBC official in 1977 to a deputation from CSICOP protesting "that networks outrageous pseudodocumentaries about the marvels of occultism." (1)

Nothing has changed. The network that gave the world the intentionally disinformative In Search Of, that suppressed known facts in order to create a mystery where none existed, is at it again. Medium could have been a legitimate fantasy series about a char...

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