Why TV Needs

Many viewers believe "If its on TV it must be true"Each year television bombards us with thousands of hours of programming

purportedly based on fact. But a large percentage of TV shows are highly

speculative, or grounded in half-truths and pseudo-science. As a consequence,

television has become the equivalent of an encyclopedia of erroneous knowledge

filled with tales of alien abductions, ghost stories, and accounts of pet mind

reading. TV producers may treat reality based subjects as mere entertainment,

but many viewers treat them as reality.

Millions lack the skills to unravel TV fact from TV fantasyFact-based shows often present experts with no relevant credentials, and eye

witnesses that were never at the scene, recite second and third hand accounts.

Viewers will find convincing dramatic recreations and impressive looking

animation sprinkled throughout. Lacking a strongly developed analytic ability,

millions of viewers are left vulnerable, prey to the whims of shows such as

"Taken" - a $20 million alien abduction "history", and "Crossing Over" - where the

host asks the dead questions about their lives. Defenseless young minds have

become fertile ground for sowing distortion and lies. Television, as a result, does

blasphemy to historical events and contributes to the public's scientific illiteracy.

Help viewers discriminate TV information from misinformation"You Are The Detective" is designed not only entertain, but to teach children,

teenagers, and young adults the value of questioning. It also provides them with

the tools for investigation, inquiry, and exploration of their prime source of

information... television. Scrutinizing information, constructing probing questions,

and testing truths have primarily been the province of the few - scientists,

researchers, and historians. But these methods can be learned by viewers in a

dynamic, challenging and highly entertaining presentation. Important skills for

millions of viewers awash in a sea of TV misinformation.

5 million Americans now claim to have been abducted by aliens.

Roper Poll

The average teenager watches thirty hours of TV per week.

National Science Foundation

"If you are awash in lost continents, channeling and UFOs you may not have the intellectual room for the findings of science."

Dr. Carl Sagan