Discovery Channel admits they're liars

[DrLeftover]

8 Dec
Eaten Alive Viewers Outraged Man Wasn’t Actually Eaten Alive
Discovery had refused to say how much Rosolie was actually consumed

Apparently the only thing worse than promising a man will be eaten alive by an anaconda is for a man to not be eaten alive by an anaconda.

Many viewers felt Discovery had pledged adventurer Paul Rosolie would be utterly consumed by an anaconda on his special Sunday night. After all, the show was called Eaten Alive and its official programming guide description told viewers that a man “enters the belly of an anaconda.”

What viewers eventually saw during the two-hour special was a large anaconda attack Rosolie, coil around him, then start to eat his helmet. That’s when Rosolie had to call in his team to rescue him, saying his arm was being crushed. “I started to feel the blood drain out of my hand and I felt the bone flex, and when I got to the point where I felt like it was going to snap I had to tap out,” he said.

http://time.com/3623093/eaten-alive/

After their "Shark Week" fiasco, and some of their other worthless programs, how is that thing still on the air?

 

[Evil Eye]

False advertising is what it is.

 

[identityissues8]

Oh my Gosh, who even cares?
They were using the footage they got and I'm sure they wanted more.
They needed to look out for this guy's safety first though obviously.

 

[DrLeftover]

Oh my Gosh, who even cares?
They were using the footage they got and I'm sure they wanted more.
They needed to look out for this guy's safety first though obviously.

Then why even stage the stupid stunt?

 

[Webster]

Oh my Gosh, who even cares?
They were using the footage they got and I'm sure they wanted more.
They needed to look out for this guy's safety first though obviously.

Then why even stage the stupid stunt?

Ratings, Doc....ratings.

 

[identityissues8]

Obviously ratings.
I don't know about in the US, but here well over 99.9% of things look better in the ads/general publicity they receive.

Though, I still definitely think they've taken reasonable caution with the guys safety.

 

[Hulk's iconHulk]

What an unbelievable stupid thing to film in the first place.

 

[+paradox]

i thought false advertising is illegal...

but obviously tv is exempt...