This post is not about photography, but I am so angry at the moment that I wanted to share my thoughts. I am sick to death of paranormalists getting credibility in the media. The Sci-Fi channel should be a sanctuary from the kind of crap we are used to seeing on commercial television, but even here their manipilating fingers are working their way in. This is a complaint I made via the scifitv.com.au contact form.
I enjoy Sci Fi chanel, and I thank you for the 80% of your content which is great. I have always been disappointed by the paranormal (and completely unscientific) shows on your network such as Charmed and especially Medium, but I’ve tolerated them, and simply change channel when they’re on.
However today, I saw a between-show filler segment where a self-proclaimed psychic consultant for the show Medium was interviewed. She boasted proudly about the contributions she made to the show’s “accuracy” and described in detail how her own “real life” experiences are depicted in the show. When asked to describe her “talents” she said among other things “I speak to dead people.”
To show such a fraud on the Sci Fi channel, of all places, in such an uncritical way is to give her and her lying, manipulative, exploitative kind a credibility they do not deserve. Psychics and their like fraudulently take money from vulnerable, gullible and worst of all, bereaved people who don’t know any better.
For you show to give this morally devoid woman any kind of credibility is completely unacceptable. I can begrudgingly accept paranormal fiction shown on your network, as it is clearly presented as fiction, but I will not tolerate the endorsement of these scums of society.
I would like to hear from you a commitment not to screen this or any similar segments again in the future. However if you continue to give these frauds credibility, I will take my complaint further into the general media.
Please excuse my taking advantage of you as an audience to post this rant, but it is an issue that matters a great deal to me. I’d be happy to discuss this with anyone in the comments or on the forum if you want to say anything further on the matter. I will return to the topic of photography for the next post.
Complaint to Sci-Fi Aus re Psychics
This post is not about photography, but I am so angry at the moment that I wanted to share my thoughts. I am sick to death of paranormalists getting credibility in the media. The Sci-Fi channel should be a sanctuary from the kind of crap we are used to seeing on commercial television, but even here their manipilating fingers are working their way in. This is a complaint I made via the scifitv.com.au contact form.
Letter of Complaint
Please excuse my taking advantage of you as an audience to post this rant, but it is an issue that matters a great deal to me. I’d be happy to discuss this with anyone in the comments or on the forum if you want to say anything further on the matter. I will return to the topic of photography for the next post.