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Flash vs. fact on the History Channel
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The History Channel values entertainment over intellect, writes Kevin Mattson, a professor of contemporary history at Ohio University at Athens in the curent issue of Dissent.
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Mr. Mattson detects a larger trend in the History Channel's use of facts and trivia. The channel packages history in "bite-sized morsels for a bored and jaded audience," he writes, and in many ways, it's "no different from CNN."
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