Comments on: Discovery Channel: Friend or Foe of Sharks?

By: Blues Without Words

Blues Without Words — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:46:46 +0000

Blues Without Words…

This is the question that has been floating around the marine blogs this week. The complaint is that [...]…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:35:36 +0000

Sadly it’s a case of ‘never let the facts get in the way of a good story’.. I guess we can only continue to work through Marine Education forums and the like to advocate for these fishes.

By: Peter Etnoyer

Peter Etnoyer — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:05:12 +0000

You can’t expect much from Discovery besides moving pictures and hype, but I’ll give them points for greenwashing. I can hear them in the Board room now: “We can’t sell shark conservation to Japanese auto executives, dammit, just put it in the blogs…”

http://discovery.blogs.com/shark_conservation/

By: Dear Discovery Networks - Where's our box? - Scuba Blogs - ScubaSpotz

Dear Discovery Networks - Where's our box? - Scuba Blogs - ScubaSpotz — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:42:15 +0000

[...] experts, and a few actual heroes.So why did Discovery Networks not send us or any of the other Blue Bloggers their ultra hip, somewhat strange, Shark Week PR Kits?Yes we know we have had our differences in [...]

By: Seasaver

Seasaver — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:07:52 +0000

Whilst so-called sports ’shark hunters’ still slaughter these beautiful creatures for fun, the media has a responsibility to portray sharks in a way that doesn’t demonise them. When sharks have legal protection, perhaps it will be OK. Like tigers, which sometimes get a bad TV press, but in most cases have protection including CITES.

By: Discovery Channel: Friend or Foe of Sharks? | Deep Sea News – FeedTrack

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:09:12 +0000

[...] The complaint is that Discovery Channel “is promoting negative stereotypes about sharks at a time when we should be promoting conservation,” i.e. portraying sharks as evil, vicious mankillers. Of course, and rightly so, this has not set … http://deepseanews.com/2009/07/discovery-channel-friend-or-foe-of-sharks/ [...]

By: Dear Discovery Networks - Where's my box? - Scuba Blogs - ScubaSpotz

Dear Discovery Networks - Where's my box? - Scuba Blogs - ScubaSpotz — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:50:00 +0000

By: Sharky McShark

Sharky McShark — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:22:48 +0000

Yeah, I did not get a Kit either!

By: Sharky McShark

Sharky McShark — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:21:32 +0000

Well written. In my opinion Discovery has gone off the rails and is hyping the killer shark mythos as much as they can.

Why?

Advertising.

Shark Week and it’s 29 million viewers is a cash cow for Discovery and after years of experimentation they have a formula that works, blood and guts.

The question is, how far will they go with the formula until someone is hurt, or the rebellion against Shark Week becomes a pitchfork and flaming torch affair.

Will it ever?

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