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I turned on Discovery hoping maybe to catch an episode of Mythbusters and to my surprise I was greeted with an evangelical preacher. This man, Peter Popoff, was making some pretty spectacular claims, if only you call for his "Miracle Spring Water."
While most people were claiming to have received money or jobs after following his directions included with the water, other claims were even more outrageous.
These are claims that are looking to prey on people in times of weakness and that just disgusts me! He doesn't come right out and claim to be able to cure cancer but as you can see here, he clearly implies it. These are on between 2am and 9am, this is their paid programming section of the day, however they know by being on Discovery it will add to their credibility. During this 7 hour block at least 3 hours are evangelical con men. Between selling their time to evangelists and and airing so many reality shows that have little to no educational benefit, the network has really strayed from what it used to be.
Are there other channels or shows that you feel inadvertently lend credence to religion or crackpot science? Ancient aliens on History channel comes to mind as a good example.
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